Sky this Week

Here is an image of comet Lulin from this morning around 5:20 am. Easy to find visually in the scope and binoculars as it was just 1 degree east of 2.8 magnitude star Zubin in Libra. Noticably brighter than last I viewed it two weeks ago, probably just a bit dimmer than magnitude 6 now. Equipment used: Celestron Nexstar 11, F6.3 focal reducer, Canon Xti, 30 sec exposure, ISO1600. Ten images aligned and stacked with DeepSkyStacker. Nice and clear, no wind, temperature 38F, transparency very good, turbulence about 5/10, taken from light polluted backyard here in Louisville