Comet Lulin is at closest approach tonight February 23, 2009
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Look to the East at about 10:00 PM, Comet Lulin is just visible to the naked eye, but easy to see with a pair of binoculars. It is conveniently located near Saturn tonight. Tomorrow night will be just as good, but since comets move, Lulin will be at a higher altitude from Saturn tomorrow.
Comet Lulin on Feb23, 2009 at 10:00 CST (J Conwell)
Galaxy ZOO 2 Up and Running! February 23, 2009
Posted by jcconwell in Astronomy, Galaxy.Tags: Astronomy, galaxies, Galaxy
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Galaxy Zoo 2 is a GO….
The original Galaxy Zoo was launched in July 2007, with a data set made up of a million galaxies imaged with the robotic telescope of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With so many galaxies, the team thought that it might take at least two years for visitors to the site to work through them all. Within 24 hours of launch, the site was receiving 70,000 classifications an hour, and more than 50 million classifications were received by the project during its first year, from almost 150,000 people.
Galaxy Zoo 2 just started with a liitle different twist, looking at nearer galaxies. Go there to find out more and maybe you can make a new discovery like Hanny’s Voorwerp, the blue object below.
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