Hello All, I stepped out this morning (in my bathrobe) and snapped a couple of frames of Comet Lulin with my Nikon D700. I was using a 70-200mm VR Nikkor lens at 200mm. The comet was clearly visible in the 6-second exposures. I posted the image to my gallery album. The image is pretty bad, but the comet is clearly visible. Here is a link to the full version. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=935&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 The blue and yellow stars to the upper right of the comet are SAO 159030 and 159028 respectively, if that helps anyone with the position of the comet. I am looking forward to imaging this comet with better equipment as it gets closer. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Raeburn Kennard Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:45 PM To: 'utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com' Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Lulin I enjoyed Kurt's report on observing Comet Lulin. I also tried to find it with my son-in-law, early Saturday morning (Jan. 31) in McKinney, TX. We had a clear sky, but were unable to find the comet, either with binoculars or with his telescope (a 4" Meade reflector on an equatorial mount). I'll try again in a couple of weeks when it's in the evening sky and I can get up to the cabin above Oakley. Raeburn G. Kennard Kirton & McConkie 60 East South Temple, Suite 1800 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (801) 321-4867 (direct) (801) 321-4893 (facsimile) (801) 328-3600 (switchboard) (801) 550-6143 (cell phone) rkennard@kmclaw.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com