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Comet Lulin and Saturn

author: Jerry Lodriguss/Novapix

reference: a-com21-02510

Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 15 cm

Comet Lulin (C2007 / N3) at approximately 6th magnitude, passes just 2 degrees away from Saturn (upper right), shining brilliantly at magnitude 0.6. The spikes on Saturn are diffraction effects from the aperture blades in the camera lens. Lulin's bright anti-tail points to the upper left, and it's faint blue ion tail points to the lower right. North is to the right in this image. Sigma Leonis, a 4th magnitude star, is the other bright star in the frame, below and to the left of Saturn.

Keywords for this photo:

2009 - ASTRONOMY - C/2007 N3 - COMET - LEO - LULIN - PLANET - SATURN - STAR -