That was fun!

[matt]

Just managed to have my first eyeballin' of comet Lulin.

A fairly easy target in 10x50 binos from light-polluted Brisbane. Very pleasantly surprised.:thumbsup:

[AstroJunk]

Where did you get those cloud bustin' binoculars from Matt!!

[leon]

Nice one Matt, I have not laid eyes on this one as yet.

Leon

[matt]

It's pretty clear here over at Wynnum:shrug:

Where are you?

[AstroJunk]

Samford - I'm moving...

[matt]

:lol:

[h0ughy]

darn cloudy yet again in Newcastle - i am going to miss this comet

[PCH]

Would there be any reason why we couldn't see this comet in Perth? If not, which direction do we point in ?:P

Cheers,

[pgc hunter]

I won't see it - too much cloud and thick haze!

[Kevnool]

No reason what so ever heres the map for Perth on the 23rd and other states as well.
Cheers Kev.

[spacezebra]

Hi all
We got brilliant views of the comet from 10pm - right through until I packed up a 2.30 am. Its moving!

Could not take my scope of it.

Cheers Petra d.

[Liz]

Sounds like you had great views of the comet, Petra :).

Hey Kev .... is that a Starry Night Map? Looks like it, but the comet is not showing on mine at all yet, even when I put the date forward to 24/2, and its up to date??? :shrug:

[PeterM]

There is a fair bit of interest in Comet Lulin from the media here in Brisbane. Brisbane Extra came into Sirius Optics last week to do a story on the shop and they wanted to know more about the comet. Think I made a boo boo on the distance the comet will be from Earth on 24th. I think I said 600,000km instead of 60 million, may have been distracted by the journalist, she was very lovely indeed. Anyways the story airs tomorrow on Extra in Brisbane at 5.30pm with a showcase of the shop.
PeterM

[Kevnool]

Hi Liz yes its a starry night screenshot on yours i,m thinking if you have the comets with a tick in the options box.
Its only a thought cheers Kev.

[matt]

It's not showing up in my version of Starry Night (Enthusiast) either....but neither did McNaught!!!

And yes...I have the box ticked to show comets:shrug:

[Kevnool]

let me go back in time Matt. With the starry night....cheers Kev.

[JohnG]

It is a very clear naked eye object here in Cootamundra, through the scope you can actually see the movement over time, very obvious when you try to photograph it, there is significant movement in the course of 2 x 80 second shots with a 5 second delay.

Cheers

[matt]

Yep. No doubt yours is showing up...but no such luck here.

Anyway....I've got charts I can use so it's all good.

[jjjnettie]

We viewed Lulin last night at AstroRons place.
Quite easy to see with the naked eye.

[Kevnool]

Its still great i,m showing my gang of roadworkers lulin at evening in the camp thru the nokkies and they also look at it at 5 in the morn.
Cheers Kev.

[Jen]

:lol: that looks like an awsome program Kev in your pic we can even see that you have IIS open in your task bar :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Kevnool]

Oh yea IIS is nearly always open.
When i visit Swannie i,ll bring it along for ya.
Cheers Kev.