will you see Comet Lulin tonight?

Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) is approaching Earth for a 38-million-mile close encounter on Feb. 24, 2009. At the moment it is glowing like a magnitude +5.5 star, dimly visible to the unaided eye and a fine target for binoculars and backyard telescopes.

photos from around the world here:

http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page12.htm?PHPSESSID=nog9kdph6km7bb4bte2n81vnc6

here is where to look / how to see

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/02/24/how-to-see-comet-lulin/

Hi Wine Hippie

sure hope you are having better luck than i am...finally tonight the sky is clear but too many trees here so had to drive down the road to see the eastern sky...
very hard to find the comet so i'm not sure if i saw it or not..but lots of stuff moving around up there..

wavin

more info i had posted earlier

Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) is approaching Earth for a 38-million-mile close encounter on Feb. 24, 2009. At the moment it is glowing like a magnitude +5.5 star, dimly visible to the unaided eye and a fine target for binoculars and backyard telescopes.


http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm
photos at the above link as well as several headings you can click for more info
such as:
the full story..a sky map..ephemeris...3d orbit..(this is a cool part)..and finder charts

sky otter wrote:

more info i had posted earlier

http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm
photos at the above link as well as several headings you can click for more info
such as:
the full story..a sky map..ephemeris...3d orbit..(this is a cool part)..and finder charts

oops, sorry for posting info already offered, i just didn't see
(merge threads if you like)