Object | Comet Lulin Sails Past Saturn |
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Description | Comet Lulin C/2007 N3 was jointly discovered by Asian astronomers in July of 2007. Quanzhi Ye from China first saw the comet on images obtained by Chi-Sheng Lin from Taiwan, at the Lu-lin Observatory. This image is of Comet Lulin as it passed close to Saturn on Feb 24, 2009 |
Image | |
Scope | Canon 200mm f/2.8 lens @f/3.5 |
Camera | Canon 40D |
Mount | Losmandy G11 |
Filters | none |
Guiding | none |
Exposure Info | A single 4 minute exposure |
Date | February 24, 2009 |
Copyright | Photo copyright Thomas Kerns, Beluga Lake Observatory |