C/2007N3 Lulin on Apr 17, 2009

Comet Lulin on Apr 17, 2009

Date & Time:	Apr 17 2009, from 21:08 to 21:20 JST(+0900)
	Composed 3 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical:	Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with a conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
	Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera:	Nikon D50 (Remodeled)
Location:	Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings:	Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3008×2000)
	CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600

This image shows you the comet Lulin in April 2009, fading away the distance from us. The comet has a coma brightness of about 10th magnitude, and has a very dimmed dust tail in eastern direction. The comet Lulin will close to the sun from now on, and be unobservable after end of this May.

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Lulin on Mar 28, 2009

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