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Comet Lulin

by

Jerry Lodriguss/Novapix

Reference

a-com21-02500

Date

2009-02-24

Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) on February 21, 2009 from 05:41UT to 06:20UT. The faint blue ion tail is seen to the upper right, and the anti-tail stretches to the lower left. Composite of 19 two-minute exposures that has been enhanced in Photoshop to bring out faint details in the tails.