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Ephemeris
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   mag
2009 03 05    08 51.60   +17 09.1    0.531    1.463   146.2    22.2   6.8
2009 03 10    08 01.81   +19 53.4    0.668    1.506   129.0    30.8   7.4
2009 03 15    07 30.34   +21 08.6    0.825    1.551   116.6    35.0   8.0
2009 03 20    07 10.15   +21 44.9    0.993    1.597   106.9    36.6   8.5
2009 03 25    06 56.90   +22 03.6    1.164    1.645    98.8    36.8   9.0
2009 03 30    06 48.09   +22 13.6    1.337    1.694    91.8    36.1   9.4
2009 04 04    06 42.26   +22 19.2    1.509    1.745    85.5    34.9   9.8
2009 04 09    06 38.48   +22 22.2    1.680    1.796    79.7    33.3  10.2
2009 04 14    06 36.19   +22 23.7    1.847    1.848    74.3    31.5  10.5
2009 04 19    06 35.01   +22 24.3    2.010    1.901    69.1    29.6  10.8
2009 04 24    06 34.67   +22 24.1    2.170    1.954    64.2    27.6  11.1
2009 04 29    06 34.99   +22 23.4    2.324    2.008    59.4    25.6  11.4
Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454589.5 (2008-May-03.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 48 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e 1.000212252329737 2.2167e-06  
a -5708.205556110919 59.602 AU
q 1.211579927902138 2.8191e-06 AU
i 178.3723312564329 1.6785e-05 deg
node 338.4995762392219 0.00045703 deg
peri 136.8464342432732 0.00048102 deg
M 359.9994226934936 9.0417e-06 deg
tp 2454842.110724368994
(2009-Jan-10.61072437)		 0.00010989 JED
period n/a
n/a		 n/a
n/a		 d
yr
n 2.285360243120728E-6 3.5794e-08 deg/d
Q n/a n/a AU

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Taiwan star gazers were advised Monday that the period between Jan. 10 and late February will be the best time to observe Comet Lulin -- the first comet concertedly discovered by astronomers across the Taiwan Strait in 2007.
Astronomers at the Taipei Astronomical Museum said that the tail of Lulin will become most vivid during that time as it moves closest to the Earth.
According to the museum, it took 28.5 million years for Comet Lulin to revolve round the Sun on its own axis.

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Comet Lulin should be visible to the unaided eye from dark locations during the last two weeks of February
The comet will pass only 0.41 astronomical units from Earth on February 24.

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Observation from Kirby Storter Roadside Park in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida. 1025 UTC - C/2007 N3 (Lulin). Wow! Very bright. Very easy at 90x in the XT8. Nicely formed coma like an unresolved globular, centrally concentrated with an even linear dropoff in brightness from center to halo. About 3' across. No tail seen. Using the defocused-star method, I estimate magnitude at around 8.
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C/2007 N3 (Lulin)
T 2009 Jan. 10.5117 TT                                  MPC
q   1.210015             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  136.8891      -0.9296507      -0.3682949
                   Node   338.4930      -0.3452892      +0.8610254
e   1.0            Incl.  178.3728      -0.1285491      +0.3507051
From 154 observations 2007 July 11-Aug. 10.
MPEC 2007 -P32
Ephemeris
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   mag 
2008 12 15    16 06.74   -19 58.1    2.164    1.281    19.8    15.0   9.3
2008 12 20    16 05.22   -19 54.6    2.077    1.258    25.2    19.4   9.1
2008 12 25    16 03.35   -19 50.0    1.979    1.240    30.7    23.9   8.9
2008 12 30    16 01.03   -19 44.0    1.870    1.226    36.4    28.4   8.7
2009 01 04    15 58.11   -19 36.2    1.751    1.217    42.2    32.9   8.6
2009 01 09    15 54.39   -19 25.8    1.622    1.213    48.2    37.2   8.4
2009 01 14    15 49.60   -19 11.7    1.485    1.213    54.4    41.2   8.2
2009 01 19    15 43.30   -18 52.4    1.340    1.219    61.0    44.9   8.0
2009 01 24    15 34.86   -18 24.9    1.190    1.230    68.2    48.0   7.8
2009 01 29    15 23.22   -17 44.3    1.035    1.246    76.1    50.1   7.5
2009 02 03    15 06.61   -16 41.3    0.879    1.266    85.3    50.9   7.2
2009 02 08    14 42.01   -14 57.3    0.727    1.290    96.5    49.4   6.9
2009 02 13    14 04.19   -11 54.8    0.586    1.318   111.3    44.3   6.5
2009 02 18    13 05.32   -06 25.9    0.472    1.350   131.8    33.1   6.2
2009 02 23    11 40.91   +02 15.2    0.414    1.385   159.7    14.4   6.0
2009 02 28    10 06.97   +11 23.6    0.436    1.423   170.3     6.7   6.2


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