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Comet Lulin Closest To Earth Tonight

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-out-your-telescopes dept.

William Robinson writes "Comet Lulin, formally known as C/2007 N3, which is on a visit to the inner solar system, will make its closest approach to earth tonight, about 38 million miles away. To the naked eye, the comet looks like a fuzzy patch of hazy light in the southeastern sky near Saturn, at the tip of Leo the Lion's hind leg. After this brief visit, Lulin will be heading back out to its kin in the Oort Cloud."

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  1. Re:Nice antenostication there, guys by scubamage · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, I'm NOT a fan of the new system of story approval. For time sensitive stories like this it really wrecks the usefulness of slashdot. I had nothing to do last night, the sky was perfectly clear, and I would have loved to have seen the comet.

  2. Re:Nice antenostication there, guys by scubamage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It totally did, for those of us who don't sit and watch astronomy websites. I'm a casual stargazer, I don't make it a habit.

  3. Re:Nice antenostication there, guys by furby076 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wow, today Slashdot has both a story about the web in 1996 AND a comment asking for 1996 technology!

    Old does not mean irrelevant or obselete. It was an example, and a low-overhead one. Win-win imo. Side's i can't view flash at work.

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