Newfound comet to grace the night skies!!!

Started by ♣Gawain♣ February 17th, 2009 2:02 AM
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During the next few weeks, a comet bright enough for observation in binoculars and possibly even with the naked eye will provide a fine skywatching target when weather permits.
Comet Lulin will be closest to Earth on Feb. 24 and prime viewing will occur than and on surrounding nights. For sharp-eye viewers with dark, rural, skies, the comet is expected to be visible as a dim fuzzy star.
People living in cities and suburbs are not expected to see the comet with the naked eye, but binoculars and telescopes will reveal its cloudy head and perhaps a striking tail, too. Comets are unpredictable, however, so it's impossible to say how bright this one might become.
Already Lulin is an enjoyable target for small telescopes, which I'm trying to find. It is said that it's in Virgo right now...


On the night of Feb. 23, now virtually at its peak brightness, the comet will be sitting just 2-degrees south-southwest of the planet Saturn, which you can use as a benchmark to locate the comet. Moreover, around this time, Comet Lulin will be racing at more than 5-degrees per day -- that's roughly the equivalent of the distance between the stars Dubhe and Merak, the "Pointer Stars" of the Big Dipper; so even a few minutes of watching with a telescope should reveal the comet's slow shift relative to background field stars.

The unusual thing about this comet that it contains an "antitail". It means it has a second tail opposite to the main one, which I'm still trying to find out what causes it.

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I might have to head out into the mountains to see it. There are a lot of lights on around where I live.
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That is wonderful.. I'll have to watch every night until it's gone.
I just went out on my balcony to look for it, but I didn't see it.. it is probably on the other side.
Hopefully I'll remember to try finding it tomorrow.




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Glad someone here interested about the new comet! To see properly, you must have a dark environment(you're right celuthea) and proper eyesight. lol

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