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Lulin no longer naked eye?

Started by Martin Willes, 03/01/2009 08:37AM
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Posted 03/01/2009 08:37AM | Edited 03/01/2009 08:39AM Opening Post
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Has anyone been able to see Lulin with their naked eye? At magnitude 6.5 I was unable to see the comet last night even though it was 60 degrees above the horizon and I had a rare Pickering 7 sky. If you can see the comet now with no optical aid, my hats off to you! Martin

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Posted 03/01/2009 02:12PM #1
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I believe I saw it last night at about 10:00 at our deep sky site in the desert (Landers, California). I did not bother turning a telescope to it at the time, since I was doing other things.

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