Comet Lulin Sails Past Saturn
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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
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Scope
200mm f/2.8L
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Camera
Canon 40D
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Mount
Losmandy G11
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Filters
none
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Guiding
none
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Exposure Info
A single 4 minute exposure -
Date
02/24/2009
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Copyright
Photo copyright Thomas Kerns, Beluga Lake Observatory
