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VISUAL
REPORTS: "Comet Lulin is an easy target even
in a big city like Sao Paulo," reports Brazilian observer
William Souza on Feb. 27th. "This morning
I was able to observe a tail about 1/2-degree long using a pair
of 20x80 binoculars, and I photographed the
comet using my Canon
350D--no telescope required."
"Even
though all the hype around Comet Lulin dealt with its passing
by Saturn on Feb. 24th, the comet is still cruising through Leo
and has developed a very 'cometesque' tail. It makes a lovely
subject for photography," reports Jeff Greenwald
of Laramie, Wyoming. "I took this
picture on Feb. 27th through a gap in the clouds. It is a
2-minute exposure from my Canon
20D set at ISO 800."
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Chris Schur,
Payson, Arizona
Feb. 26, 2009 |
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This is my deepest shot of Lulin so far, at a time when it was an easy 5th magnitude naked eye object in Leo, nearing Regulus. This shot is 40 minutes worth of 5 minute exposures stacked with the comets nucleus in register to track on the comet, making the stars stream by. Such a fast comet!
400mm f/5 ISO 800 exposure 8x5m
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Nicki
Mennekens,
Pingelly, Australia
Feb. 27, 2009 |
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7.5
minute exposure of comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) through a Takahashi
FSQ-106 f/5 astrograph with a SBIG one-shot color camera
(STL-11000). Taken remotely with a telescope of the Tzec
Maun Observatory. |
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Amir
H. Abolfath,
Tehran, Iran
Feb. 27, 2009 |
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Naked
eye visible comet in head of Leo. Canon EOS 5D, 85mm f/2.8
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Mike
Holloway,
Van Buren, Ar
Feb. 27, 2009 |
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5"
refractor and CCD |
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Mahdi
Zamani,
Arjmand,Firoz koh, Iran
Feb. 27, 2009 |
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#2, #3,
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Comet
Lulin is moving near earth. Camera: Canon 30D, ISO: 1600
ASA,Telescope: APO 110 mm, |
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Michael Horn,
Leyburn, Queensland, Australia
Feb. 26, 2009 |
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Comet Lulin looked pretty good last night even though we had poor atmospheric seeing conditions. It was clearly visible by the naked eye and quite pretty among the twinkling stars. I have attached a shot taken between the clouds passing over. There is either a faint second tail or a jet in the image, but I could not see it visually through the 12inch scope.
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more
images:
from
Guilherme Grassmann of Americana, São Paulo, Brasil;
from
Yuichi Takasaka of Whitevale Road, Lumby, British Columbia,
Canada; from
Koen van Gorp of Waasmunster, Belgium; from
Andrey Litvonov of Moscow, Russia; from
Bareket Observatory in Israel; from
Tibor Horvath of Tibor Horvath, Hegyhatsal, Hungary; from
Pete Lawrence of Selsey, West Sussex, UK; |
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