Comet Lulin Closest To Earth Tonight 60
William Robinson writes "Comet Lulin, formally known as C/2007 N3, which is on a visit to the inner solar system, will make its closest approach to earth tonight, about 38 million miles away. To the naked eye, the comet looks like a fuzzy patch of hazy light in the southeastern sky near Saturn, at the tip of Leo the Lion's hind leg. After this brief visit, Lulin will be heading back out to its kin in the Oort Cloud."
Once in a lifetime opportunity (Score:3, Interesting)
I got some photos of Lulin a few days ago (Score:5, Interesting)
I got a picture of Comet Lulin [flickr.com] early Saturday morning.
It's not nearly so impressive as Holmes was last year - but it certainly moves impressively fast. When I was taking test shots to check focus, I saw the comet visibly moved relative to the stars in 15 seconds. Holmes wasn't nearly that fast. I made an animation [flickr.com] showing its motion relative to the stars over a period of 20 minutes.