Friday, February 27, 2009

Comet Lulin at Opposition


In this view taken February 25th comet Lulin is directly opposite the Sun in the sky and out all night long.

The gas tail points away from Earth & Sun and is unseen.

The dust tail is well presented & seen at it's longest & brightest.


This photo shows over 1.5 degrees of dust tail. It was taken at low power with my 80mm F/5 refractor with -0.5 focal reducer.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice picture Ray;THANKS for sharing.
Best Wishes>>>JIM