Monday, February 23, 2009

Comet Lulin--the Green Comet

The most recent comet is now quite visible with binoculars. Tonight is near Saturn in the SE sky. Luckily it is very clear tonight above Wallaceburg. I just came in from seeing the comet. It is rather faint, but visible. On the night of February 25, it makes its closest approach to earth at only 61 million km!

Here are some links for more information:

TheNightSkyGuy

NASA

SkyandTelescope

1 comment:

  1. Blake ... I found it at 11pm through my binoculars and could definitely see the green colour! Very cool! :D

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