Get a Great View of a Comet with Binoculars, Starting Monday

Comet Lulin, photographed actuality about 100 actor afar away, will be casual aural 38 actor afar of Earth from February 23rd to mid-March, which allegedly puts it aural binocular range.

Some quick facts about Comet Lulin: it was apparent in July 2007, and is frequently arresting to the naked eye (though seeing it through binoculars during the aloft window will accord you a abundant clearer look). It'll arise about 2 degrees south-southwest of Saturn afore it disappears out into the aphotic abysm in mid-March. The aloft photo shows the comet's appendage off and to the right, and the crumbling red and dejected ablaze comes from the X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes, respectively. [Wired]