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<blockquote data-quote="Geek" data-source="post: 1606986" data-attributes="member: 246624"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/02/314213main_swift_lulin_dss_hi_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2007_N3" target="_blank">Comet Lulin</a>, photographed here about 100 million miles away, will be passing within 38 million miles of Earth from February 23rd to mid-March, which apparently puts it within binocular range.&nbsp;Some quick facts about Comet Lulin: it was discovered in July 2007, and is frequently visible to the naked eye (though seeing it through binoculars during the aforementioned window will give you a much clearer look). It&#039;ll appear about 2 degrees south-southwest of Saturn before it disappears out into the dark abyss in mid-March. The above photo shows the comet&#039;s tail off and to the right, and the fading red and blue light comes from the X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes, respectively. [<a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/cometlulin.html" target="_blank">Wired</a>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=nxleJrCv" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&lt;/img&gt;</a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=ApXvsjDl" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&lt;/img&gt;</a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=NFnvRjpi" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=NFnvRjpi" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&lt;/img&gt;</a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=cLr0ufWn" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=cLr0ufWn" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&lt;/img&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/IAMXstqRjAY" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geek, post: 1606986, member: 246624"] [IMG]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/02/314213main_swift_lulin_dss_hi_2.jpg[/IMG][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2007_N3"]Comet Lulin[/URL], photographed here about 100 million miles away, will be passing within 38 million miles of Earth from February 23rd to mid-March, which apparently puts it within binocular range. Some quick facts about Comet Lulin: it was discovered in July 2007, and is frequently visible to the naked eye (though seeing it through binoculars during the aforementioned window will give you a much clearer look). It'll appear about 2 degrees south-southwest of Saturn before it disappears out into the dark abyss in mid-March. The above photo shows the comet's tail off and to the right, and the fading red and blue light comes from the X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes, respectively. [[URL="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/cometlulin.html"]Wired[/URL]] [URL="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1"][IMG]http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=nxleJrCv"][IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=ApXvsjDl"][IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=NFnvRjpi"][IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=NFnvRjpi[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=cLr0ufWn"][IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=cLr0ufWn[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/IAMXstqRjAY[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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