Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Comet Lulin Closest To Earth Tonight

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 25, @09:35AM

from the get-out-your-telescopes dept.
Space
William Robinson writes"Comet Lulin, formally known as C/2007 N3, which is on a visit to the inner solar system, will make its closest approach to earth tonight, about 38 million miles away. To the naked eye, the comet looks like a fuzzy patch of hazy light in the southeastern sky near Saturn, at the tip of Leo the Lion's hind leg. After this brief visit, Lulin will be heading back out to its kin in the Oort Cloud."

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