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February 24, 2009
Comet Lulin
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/02/see-it-rare-lit.html
Comet Lulin will make its closest pass to Earth (about 38 million miles), reaching its peak brightness and fastest apparent speed at 10:43 p.m. ET.
So, I decided to try to find this thing tonight - this silly ephemeral comet. I installed Stellarium so I'd know where to look and went outside with my laptop. And when I went out, the sky was crystal clear and I was like..."Fair enough - Game on." But while I watched, the sky clouded over. I was able to locate Corvus, Ursa Major, and Saturn before the clouds set in. But that was all.
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Posted by Rob Kiser on February 24, 2009 at 1:27 AM
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