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VISUAL
REPORTS: "Last night, Feb. 24th, I was extremely
impressed by comet Lulin no matter what I used to observe it,"
reports Martin McKenna of Maghera, N. Ireland.
"With the naked eye I could see the comet as a large elliptical
5th mag haze 2 degrees below Saturn. Furthermore, using averted
vision I managed, just once, to glimpse the anti-tail without optical
aid as a fine streak pointing away from Saturn! The view of the
anti-tail in the 8.5" F/7 reflector with wide angle eyepiece
was absolutely
incredible. The anti-tail spike could be seen extending across
the entire field towards the Sun. It was extremely bright with well
defined edges and reminded me for all the world like a glorious
bright green blade or sword among the stars."
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Location |
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Tunc
Tezel,
Tavas, Turkey
Feb. 25, 2009 |
#1 |
Lulin
and Saturn at 0130 local time (GMT+2) on 25th February.
The ion tail of Lulin is nearly completely hidden behing
the head, thanks to the perfect opposition alignment. 3
nights ago, it was plainly visible, just opposite of the
dust (anti?)tail. Composite of 0.5 and 1-minute exposures
at ISO 3200, through 200 mm f/1.8 lens. The diffusion was
caused by very thin clouds. |
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[MOVIE]
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Paulo
Lobao,
Portugal
Feb. 25, 2009 |
movie |
This
movie shows comet Lulin and two
asteroids in the same field of view. I took the pictures
from Portugal (lat:41.03; long:-7.17) on the 25th Feb 2009
from 1:18 to 2:07 UT.
Photo details: 15 images of 3 min each
with Canon 40D + Tak FS102NSV @ f/6.2.
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Wu
BingXun,
Mt. Hehuan, Nanto, Taiwan.
Feb. 23, 2009 |
#1,
#2, #3,
more |
Comet
Lulin was found in our country, Taiwan. This photo was shot
on the Mount Hehuan in Taiwan, too. At 23 February night,
comet Lulin "lost" its ion tail, but we still can see some
remains at the upper left of the comet. We aslo can see
Saturn(at the photo's upper left corner) shinning with the
comet. |
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Joseph
Brimacombe,
Cairns, Australia
Feb. 22, 2009 |
#1,
more |
Taken
from New Mexico Skies using an FSQ 106 and STL11000 camera,
the image is a median combine stack of 50 x 180 sec frames
with the comet tracked. It shows considerable detail of
both tails. What an endlessly surprising and beautiful comet
Lulin has turned out to be. |
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Gregg
Ruppel,
Ellisville, MO
Feb. 22, 2009 |
#1,
more |
Lulin's
tail seems to be sputtering dust and gas. This is an inverted
view of ten 60 second integrations. |
more
images:
from
Tony Trelford of Canowindra NSW Australia; from
Mike Broussard of Maurice, Louisiana; from
Thad V'Soske of Colorado National Monument, Colorado; from
Fins Eirexas of Ames, A Coruña, Spain; from
Mark Sibole of Fife Lake Michigan; from
Phillip Chee of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; from
Mike Crowle of St Blazey, Cornwall, UK; from
ALBERTO QUIJANO VODNIZA of Pasto,Nariño. COLOMBIA;
from
Peter Lipscomb of Santa Fe, New Mexico; from
Bill Gucfa of Rehoboth, Massachusetts; from
James Melka of Chesterfield, Missouri; |
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