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Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) on Jan. 5

Jan 8th

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A total of nine images of Comet Lulin were taken by the Lulin 0.41-m reflector over the night of Jan. 5, and I used every of them to process three impressive images as you have seen above. The first one is a color image, combined from one Blue-band image, one Visual-band image and seven averaged Red-band image, a low-pass FFT (Fast Fourier Transfer) filter was applied to let more details run out. The second image was averaged from seven Red-band image, a suprising ion-tail to the left, at a length of about 15-20' (the width of the image is 38'), was turned up after the align-and-stack method. Low-pass FFT was applied as well. The third image was processed by the Larson-Sekanina Rotational Gradient method, and it enabled us to see the near-nucleis jets of the comet. At least nine jets were counted besides the ion and the dust tails, and this feature does not be presented on the Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 images. This might be caused by the decreasing distance from the comet to the Earth as well as the sun. All the images were reduced to 600x600 pixel to match the size of my blog, the origin size images can be viewed below.

Update on Jan. 14: Since a complaint about the publication of their images from Lulin Observatory was filed to me yesterday, I have removed all the images about Comet Lulin appeared on my blog, of those taken by the 0.41-m reflector but NOT in the course of Lulin Sky Survey. My profuse apologizes go to Dr. Z. Y. Lin, who is considered to be the legal user of the data; and to those who are involved, including those who had got my permission to use these images earlier. I'll continuously monitoring the comet and post anything new on my blog, while ensuring only data from Lulin Sky Survey (the program I'm now responsible for) to be publicazed in any cases when the material is involved with Lulin Observatory.

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Multi-tails of Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin

Jan 5th

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Continuing my post on Jan. 2, one more image of Comet Lulin is hereby publicized. A total of five R-band images, taken by the 0.41-m Lulin reflector on Jan. 2/3, were aligned and combined to create this image, a "bold" dust tail (anti-tail) plus three medium-to-weak ion-tail can be seen with ease. "We are observing comet C/2007 N3 Lulin 'edge-on' with incredible fortune!" Michael Mattiazzo (by the way -- he is among the astronomers I had visited during my trip to Australia) remarks, as the orbital inclination of Comet Lulin is about 178 degrees -- virtually in the same orbital plane (but moving in the opposite direction) as the Earth. Benefically from this situation, the brightness of the comet will be enhanced since we are observing the comet and its dust tail "altogether". More materials will appeared on Yeiht (this site) when they are ready.

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A most recent photo of Comet Lulin

Jan 2nd

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After discovered by Chi Sheng and me on July 11, 2007, Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) was brightening gradually as it approach to the sun. Now it is around 7 mag, shining on the east at dawn. If the prediction is right, it will be around 4 mag on late Feburary, marked as the brightest comet in the year (among the so far known).

This image was taken on the night of Jan. 1 by the 0.41-m reflector at Lulin Observatory (the instrument that used to discover the comet), a total of three images under Johnson B/V and Cousins R were later aligned and combined by myself, to create a "color" image. Two tails can be seen, as the one to right (the dust tail) is an anti-tail, caused by our observing angle. The streak on the left is a man-made satellite. The background stars look strange as the comet moves when taking the series of images.

As the discoverer, I'm feeling lucky to see the comet which I detect it first among the human beings, is now on a significant brightness. However, at the same time, I'm also reminded with such a story -- a teacher once asked his student, "which island is the biggest island before the discovery of Australia?" "Greenland." Some replied. "It's still Australia. Whether our human beings discovered it or not does not do anything to the fact that it's the biggest island on the Earth." I think, I was, simply, spotted the comet before anyone else, and that's all. I was just lucky. Anyway, I'll observe the comet in the next couple of weeks exactly -- maybe, just with a little bit extra excitation -- as others may do. Happy observing in the International Year of Astronomy, guys!

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