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

In my mind, a good portion of the anti-tail is actually the dust tail,
lagging behind due to the comet's motion, made more prominent as we are
viewing down the orbital plane.  Once it passes the point opposite the
sun, I suspect we will have ion and dust tail both oposite the sun like
Hale-Bopp, but again, since we are still in or near the orbital plane,
they will likely be nearly coincident...

-Dean

>
> What I am curious about is the post-opposition view.  After opposition,
> the tail will flip over so it is pointing toward the east.  Will we see a
> comet with an anti-tail that points in the same direction as the tail?
>
>
>> Can someone post the exact date and time of opposition?  I have looked
>> for
>> it but can't find it so far.
>
> A daily ephemeris is at the IAU site.  Looking down the column titled
> "elongation", it reaches 178 degrees on the 26th.  It should be a very
> interesting sight on that date and afterward.
>
> http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2007N3_1.html
>
> Tom

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