The doomed comet appears to be a member of the Kreutz family. (http://spaceweather.com/ for 9/30/2011)
The comet-looking object flies into view from the lower right of this LASCO C3 product from SOHO.com This is coming in from the opposite direction that Elenin and Honda were plotted. This video is listed as Oct. 1, 2011 in their index. The bright object to the left of the Sun is Mercury. Spaceweather .com show a 22.30UT image.
http://lasco-www.nrl.navy.mil/daily_mpg/110930_c3.mpg
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