A Conversation for Babe Among the Stars: Comet Lulin and Hubble's Swansong
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Started conversation Feb 20, 2009
Mon 16 Feb - cloudy
Tue 17 Feb - cloudy
Wed 18 Feb - cloudy & raining
Thur 19 Feb - Moonhogg reports that he spots the comet thanks to the map I supplied him with
Thanks to his text I go out, it's cloudy but during breaks I get a good view of Saturn 
Weekend weather prediction - clear!
to all
GB 
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Feb 21, 2009
Sat 21 Feb APOD: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090221.html
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Feb 26, 2009
I saw something bright in the sky the other night in the west, north-west
Was that it?
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Feb 26, 2009
I doubt it
http://www.carolianastro.org.uk/comets.htm
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Feb 26, 2009
That's cleared that up then.
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Feb 26, 2009
keep looking! It's in Cancer at the moment, heading in the direction of Gemini
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phil_tipping Posted Mar 14, 2009
Sky absolutely fabulous tonight and not too cold here, so thought I'd make an effort. Got the reclining chair out and sat in the dark for 10 mins. Used 10x50 binocs to scan below & to the right of Pollux. Found something very faint & fuzzy to the left of 2 stars to the left of delta gemini. If it's not Lulin I'll claim it
Thanks for the tip-off on this web site; wouldn't have looked for it otherwise, and I nearly missed it, so
Phil.
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Mar 15, 2009
I can confirm it definitely was Comet Lulin because I was out last night doing the same as you, scanning below the signposts of Castor & Pollux It was great to see the comet on the anniversary of Einstein's birth
and I dedicated the comet to him
Here's a more up-to-date version of BATS: A48084528
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- 1: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Feb 20, 2009)
- 2: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Feb 21, 2009)
- 3: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Feb 26, 2009)
- 4: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Feb 26, 2009)
- 5: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Feb 26, 2009)
- 6: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Feb 26, 2009)
- 7: phil_tipping (Mar 14, 2009)
- 8: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 15, 2009)
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