[AZ-Observing] Re: Robotic Lulin Shot last night

Tom, et al;

I get it that at opposition we will not see the main dust tail because it
is directly behind the coma.  I don't get why at that time we will still
see the anti-tail, will it not be directly aimed at our position and so
also be overwhelmed by the coma?

I plan to look for myself, it will be interesting to see.

Can someone post the exact date and time of opposition?  I have looked for
it but can't find it so far.

We had a good look at it on Thursday night at the Antennas.  As so many
have said, the anti-tail is the most obvious I have ever seen.

There are photos of Arend-Roland from 1957 which had an obvious anti-tail,
but that is the only other I know that had so easy an anti-tail.

It is nice to have a naked eye comet with some detail to view.

Clear skies;
Steve Coe



> It's an especially intense anti-tail because we are in the comet's orbital
> plane when it is only 0.4 a.u. away from us.  When it comes to opposition
> in a few days, the coma will be obscuring the tail, and we should see a
> comet with only an anti-tail.
>
> Tom
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> ---- Chris Schur <comets133@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Very strange, this comets anti tail appears to be green as well. Never
>> seen that before!
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