Comet Lulin Photo Gallery
 

Summary:  Following its close encounter with Earth on Feb. 24th, Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) is moving away and slowly dimming. Neverlethess, observers say it is still visible to the naked eye (5th magnitude) and a fine target for backyard telescopes. [full story] [ephemeris] [3D orbit] [finder charts: Jan.11-Feb.20, Feb.20-Mar.21]

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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."

  Photographer, Location Images Comments


Chris Schur,
Payson, Arizona
Feb. 26, 2009
#1, more

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


Nicki Mennekens,
Pingelly, Australia
Feb. 27, 2009
#1

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.


Amir H. Abolfath,
Tehran, Iran
Feb. 27, 2009
#1, more

Naked eye visible comet in head of Leo. Canon EOS 5D, 85mm f/2.8


Mike Holloway,
Van Buren, Ar
Feb. 27, 2009
#1

5" refractor and CCD


Mahdi Zamani,
Arjmand,Firoz koh, Iran
Feb. 27, 2009
#1, #2, #3, more

Comet Lulin is moving near earth. Camera: Canon 30D, ISO: 1600 ASA,Telescope: APO 110 mm,


Michael Horn,
Leyburn, Queensland, Australia
Feb. 26, 2009
#1

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.

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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