COMET LULIN BRIGHTENS


	COMET LULIN BRIGHTENS
fredondo
2-19-2009 1:54 PM
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astronomy, photography, comet, science, iya2009
fredondo says:
Lulin has brightened so much, telescopic amplification is no longer needed to photograph it.

Alex Roca of Hortoneda, Spain, caught the comet passing 4th-magnitude star theta Virginis on Feb. 17th.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/55d67c3f-4efe-473e-a53d-bdb33790178b/B19AD4C6-E59B-4A92-8DF6-CB9F2E2BD03E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm" href="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">spaceweather.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spaceweather.com/img/FA6E369B-8776-405D-BB8E-4658E22C3B61" alt="Comet Lulin Photo Gallery" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><STRONG><FONT color="#663300">COMET 
                LULIN BRIGHTENS--VISUAL REPORTS:</FONT></STRONG> "Today, 
                Feb. 17th at 4 am, I observed the comet with my 3.5-inch refractor," 
                reports <STRONG>Mariano Ribas</STRONG> of Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
                "It is much brighter than it was just a few nights ago. I 
                estimate the magnitude at +5.6. If this brightening continues, 
                Lulin could reach magnitude +5.0 or even brighter during its closest 
                approach next week." </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spaceweather.com/img/23F47F20-75C8-4773-862E-AE8E53B156B3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="20%"> <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><A href="http://spaceweather.com/comets/mailto:jack@jacknewton.com">Jack 
                    Newton</A></FONT><FONT size="-1">, 
Arizona Sky Village Portal
<B>Feb. 18, 2009</B></FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="41%"> <P> <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Comet 
                      Lulin is growing larger and will not fit in my field of 
                      view. </FONT></P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spaceweather.com/img/BA8F07C3-7231-4756-A087-FA75BB416009" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="20%"> <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><A href="http://spaceweather.com/comets/mailto:joegafford@aol.com">Joe 
                    Gafford</A></FONT><FONT size="-1">, 
Deer Trail, Colorado, USA
<B>Feb. 17, 2009</B></FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spaceweather.com/img/A7B654FA-78EC-4F60-BAD9-E0825F98A3BE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spaceweather.com/img/61DE3102-05A7-45FD-849A-D23467DD15F2" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="20%"> <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><A href="http://spaceweather.com/comets/mailto:kz@angkasa.gov.my">Karzaman 
                    Ahmad</A></FONT><FONT size="-1">, 
Langkawi National Observatory, Malaysia
<B>Feb. 17, 2009</B></FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spaceweather.com/img/6C5F31FA-6A76-4D6F-BC8B-41C0ADBA50A9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spaceweather.com/img/3E3D5278-B2B5-4FCA-B2F7-B7606B49B67C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="20%"> <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><A href="http://spaceweather.com/comets/mailto:w.borghini@alice.it">W. 
                    Borghini, M.Rivera, G. Cornara, L. Torlai</A></FONT><FONT size="-1">, 
B66 Casasco Observatory Italy
<B>Feb. 17, 2009</B></FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="20%"> <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><A href="http://spaceweather.com/comets/mailto:ruppelgl@slu.edu">Gregg Ruppel</A></FONT><FONT size="-1">,
		  <BR />Ellisville, MO<BR /><B>Feb. 16, 2009</B></FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spaceweather.com/img/2BBEDFEF-A128-47C3-9F66-846A7B84A184" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="20%"> <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><A href="http://spaceweather.com/comets/mailto:alexrocaramon@hotmail.com">Alex Roca</A></FONT><FONT size="-1">,
Hortoneda, Lleida, Spain
<B>Feb. 17, 2009</B></FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Comet Lulin is brightening and moving faster across the sky.  The anti-tail seems quite a bit brighter than the ion tail and has a distinctly reddish hue.
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