Revised on 2009 March 12.
My "Lulin tail"

My "Lulin tail"

With the help from Sisi Chen, I finally managed to make a "Lulin-style" hair before I cut it off -- see above. I wish to thank Sisi for her patient and help. Sisi is also a fan of astronomy, and she had been well possible to study astronomy in Nanking University -- but for some coincidence she came to Sun Yat-sen University and study meteorology as me.

Today I went to the barber's and cut my hair very short. Let's see how Lulin will response this time! ;-) Before updates on Lulin's appearance, let's see some nice photos from Lulin and others.

Michael Pagitz AMOS Observatory, taken remotely with Global rent a scope. 105 min. total exposure

Michael Pagitz AMOS Observatory, taken remotely with Global rent a scope. 105 min. total exposure

 This very nice photo is taken by Michael Pagitz with a GRAS (Global Rent-a-scope) telescope, used with permission. Michael is a long term user of 7Timer! service (http://7timer.y234.cn) and I'm really happy to see his nice Lulin image!

Lulin's burst on Feb. 25 (process with the data of Lulin 41-cm reflector; not republishable)

Lulin's burst on Feb. 25 (process with the data of Lulin 41-cm reflector; not republishable)

And finally I took some Lulin images with the 0.41-m reflector (the one which found the comet) during the course of Lulin Sky Survey, and confirmed that I have to the right to publish them on my blog this time (but please don't re-post these images on your sites). The animation above show a major burst during late Feb. 25, the duration of this animation is about 1-hour (around 15-16h UT).

LRGB combined Comet Lulin on Feb. 28 (process with the data of Lulin 41-cm reflector; not republishable)
LRGB combined Comet Lulin on Feb. 28 (process with the data of Lulin 41-cm reflector; not republishable)

The one above is taken on Feb. 28 with LRGB combined, the total exposure time is about 170 minutes. There are other images below you may have a look. According to the latest reports, the comet is still visible to naked-eye observers at magnitude of about 5.5.

Stay tuned!