Wed 25th Feb 09, 11:50pm
San Diego Home.
Scope: Orion 10" xti
with Ashwin.
Weather was fine. No clouds. Jut too many lights near house stairs.
Lulin was around 2-3 deg SE from Regulus.
The fuzziness barely visible thru naked eye. Easy catch thru binocs..faint fuzzy.. No green color indication thru binos. In 40mm, Lulin green color visible. No Tail. Its like green globular. not really spherical shape.. but lil elliptical.. bright at the core and fainter & fainter @surrounding.. In 25mm, not a impressive view.. lil blurry. In 9mm, internal coma visible. really bright at the core. Overall, didn't see comet's tail, probabaly being nearby house lights..
Spent some time on Saturn. all eyepiece views were nice.. 9mm was the best. sharp-crispy clear image. rings visible as fine line. Didn't see any gas bands. 4 moons visible. 2 each side.
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