Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin became a fine Spring comet in February and March for UK observers. At around magnitude 6, perhaps a touch brighter, Lulin is not a true naked eye comet, but it is large and bright in any telescope or binoculars. Following solar conjunction at the end of 2008, Lulin has raced from Scorpio, through Libra, Virgo and then into Leo, skirting just south of Saturn around 23rd/24th February. Its orbit is very close to the ecliptic, which is why it has traced its path through the Zodiacal constellations.

Here is a sequence showing Lulin on the early evening of 3rd March as it edged towards the western boundaries of Leo at around 5° per day. The sequence comprises 25 two-minute exposures, taken with my LX90 @ f/3.3 using a Starlight Xpress SXV-M7C (giving a field of view of 34'x26'). You can see a satellite streak across the field midway through the sequence.



Here's the same data, but stacked in AstroArt 4 to reveal the large coma and tail. Can't really see much of the anti-tail unfortunately.




There's lots more info about this comet on the web, but in particular I found this Gary Kronk's site useful. As I post this, Lulin is now well on its way through Gemini, fading by the day.