Comet Lulin Time Lapse Over 4.5 Hours

Comet Lulin will be at its peak brightness on 2/24/09. This is a movie of the comet that covers a 4.5 hour period beginning just after midnight on 2/17/09 during the last quarter Moon. Each frame is a one minute exposure. The comet was imaged through a 5" refractor telescope using a modified Canon 450D DSLR camera. For more astro images see my website at http://ghonis2.ho8.com

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• Lulin
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[longbeachcity7468968]

does this come every year or every 75 years?

[ghonis]

Lulin is not a periodic comet. It is expected the comet will not return to the inner solar system for more than a thousand years, and some predict it never will return.

[yasmin44455]

Was it shown in the whole world?

[ghonis]

Tonight and tomorrow (2/23 &24) find it very close to Saturn in the Constellation Leo.

[TelescopeAtNight]

Awesome video, grats! :)

[nickeldridge21]

You did a great job on the video! If I didn't have airplane over my town 24/7 spraying chemtrails maybe I could use my telescope!

[jamieball]

very nice.. I tried to see Lulin earlier this year but no luck..

[messierhunter]

Very nice capture. My camera's battery died a half hour after I finally got the tracking down (doh!). Amazing clarity too, I'm surprised by how little noise you seem to get.

[pepexn44]

Good capture. Congratulations!!!

[Abitibidoug]

Great video! I like how you set up the motor drive on your telescope so it followed the comet and not the stars. You had good exposure to see the green colour I couldn't see looking at it with binoculars, where all I saw was a white fuzz ball. Thanks for sharing this video.

[OPOCHKA]

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Nice video.

I live under eternal cloud in dog-shit England.

Did not see it at all.

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