---
title: 'Comet Lulin'
url: 'https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/comet-lulin'
markdown: 'https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/comet-lulin.md'
date: '2009-03-02'
description: 'Short for now – more to be added later. I saw Comet Lulin last night – FROM SEATTLE – through a break in the clouds. I observed for about 30-45 minutes, and did some hand-observations: Comet Lulin Observations - Click to see animation! Here are some links if you want to learn more or see it yoursel…'
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  category:
    - 'AstroInfo Article'
  tag:
    - Comet
    - 'Solar System'
---

# [Comet Lulin](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/comet-lulin)

   2nd Mar 2009   [Comet](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:Comet#body-wrapper) [Solar System](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:Solar%20System#body-wrapper)  

Short for now – more to be added later.

I saw Comet Lulin last night – FROM SEATTLE – through a break in the clouds. I observed for about 30-45 minutes, and did some hand-observations:

[![Comet Lulin Observations](http://alicesastroinfo.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/lulin.gif?w=350 "Comet Lulin Observations")](http://alicesastroinfo.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/lulin.gif)Comet Lulin Observations - Click to see animation!

Here are some links if you want to learn more or see it yourself:

Video of it moving across the sky:
<http://www.astrophotoinsight.com/node/1625>

The most detailed picture I’ve seen so far:
<http://bf-astro.com/cometLulin.htm>

And the prettiest picture I’ve seen so far:
[http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW\_DIG/094.HTM](http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/094.HTM)

A good article from this year with some background on its discovery 2
years ago:
<http://www.universetoday.com/2009/01/14/comet-lulin-is-on-the-way/>

A more recent article that mentions the new discovery about the
structure of the tail:
<http://www.universetoday.com/2009/02/01/comet-c2007-n3-lulin-a-twist-in-the-tail/>

Observation reports and charts:
<http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/35992534.html>

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