{"id":460,"date":"2009-02-24T03:47:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T03:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/02\/24\/c2007_n3_lulin_4\/"},"modified":"2021-11-28T01:18:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:18:02","slug":"c2007_n3_lulin_4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/02\/24\/c2007_n3_lulin_4\/","title":{"rendered":"C\/2007 N3 (Lulin) &#8211; FEB 24, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009024001_C2007N3Binlg.jpg\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2009024001')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2009024001')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009024001_C2007N3BinA.jpg\" name=\"img2009024001\" alt=\"Sketch of comet C\/2007 N3 (Lulin)\"><\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n<!--\nsetrollover(\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009024001_C2007N3BinB.jpg\");\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Sketch of comet C\/2007 N3 (Lulin)<\/p>\n<p><i>Move mouse over sketch above to view labels.<br \/>\nClick image for larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Observation Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lulin was a spectacular sight with brilliant Saturn tonight. I observed from home, and had more light pollution to put up with. Still, the dust tail was in excellent condition, about 2 degrees long in PA 110 degrees. The ion tail was a subtle brightening along the northwest side of the comet. I kept seeing a bit of a brightening on the south-southwest side of the coma. I&#8217;m not sure what I was seeing here, but hopefully new photographs in the next couple days will tell me if I was hallucinating. The coma continued to show a very faint aqua color. It was nice to see that color along with Saturn&#8217;s warm ivory hue, and some blue, orange and yellow stars sprinkled around. To the naked eye, it was a subtle puff west of Saturn. Here&#8217;s hoping Wednesday night has a clear patch in the weather around opposition.<\/p>\n<table class=\"objectdata\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"subject\">C\/2007 N3 (Lulin)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Classification<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Comet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Position*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Leo: [RA: 11:15:29 \/ Dec: 4:51:31]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Size<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Coma: 30 arc minute diameter<br \/>\nDegree of Condensation: 7<br \/>\nIon Tail: 30 arc minutes at 300\u00b0<br \/>\nDust Tail: degrees at 110\u00b0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>est. 5.5 vMag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>FEB 24, 2009, 1:00 AM MST<br \/>\n(FEB 24, 2009, 09:00 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Flagstaff, AZ &#8211; Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Instrument<\/b><\/td>\n<td>15 x 70 Oberwerk Binoculars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conditions<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Partly Cloudy, Breezy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>6\/10 Pickering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Transparency<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Mag 6 NELM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>*Sources<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aerith.net\/comet\/catalog\/2007N3\/2007N3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aerith.net<\/a>; Starry Night Pro Plus 5.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\/2007 N3 (Lulin) 20090224<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,45,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comet","category-sg-comet","category-sketch-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":459,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/02\/21\/c2007_n3_lulin_3\/","url_meta":{"origin":460,"position":0},"title":"C\/2007 N3 (Lulin) &#8211; FEB 20, 2009","author":"jperez1690","date":"February 21, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"C\/2007 N3 (Lulin) 20090220","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astro Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astro Photography","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/astro-photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":455,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/01\/09\/c2007_n3_lulin\/","url_meta":{"origin":460,"position":1},"title":"C\/2007 N3 (Lulin) &#8211; 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