2009-03-01
| Location: | Billingborough (South Lincolnshire, UK) |
| From: | 2009-03-01 20:10 UT |
| To: | 2009-03-01 20:30 UT |
| Equipment: | Monocular Meade 10x50 Binoculars |
| Temperature: | 5.6°C ... |
| Dew Point: | 2.0°C ... |
| Humidity: | 78% ... |
| Wind Speed: | 1.7mph ... |
| Wind Dir: | North North West ... |
| Pressure: | 1007.0hPa ... |
| Notes: |
After a week of cloud and other engagements I finally had some clear skies and a quick chance to have a look for Lulin. Slight hint of mist in the air and a waxing crescent Moon in the western sky. |
Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin
| From: | 2009-03-01 20:10 UT |
| To: | 2009-03-01 20:30 UT |
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Headed out with the 10x50 binoculars and started to sweep the general area that where Lulin should have been. At first I struggled to find it but, after a couple of minutes, I noticed a misty patch that was showing up with averted vision. I have my eyes a little more time to adapt and what I was seeing started to stand up to direct vision. It was obviously Lulin. The view I had is best described as a large faint misty patch, elongated in one dimension, with no obvious "core" and with no sign of a tail. No sign of any colour was visible either (some people had been reporting that it looked green to the eye). I grabbed my 20x60 monocular and had a look through that to see if there was any difference but it looked pretty much the same as above. |
