Comet Lulin Near the Beehive Cluster
Being a moonlit night I wasn't hopeful to have much of a view of the comet. With the help of electronic vision I was able to get my first view of the comet. It was quite pretty near the binocular cluster M44 and the 3.94 magnitude K star Asellus Australis (Delta Cancri).
Camera: Nikon D700
Sensor ISO: 800
Lens: Nikkor 85/1.8AF (cropped)
Exposure: 15 x 45 second at f/5.6
Filtered: IDAS LPS-P2
Tracked using Astrotrac TT320
Image processing using Registar for stacking; Astronomy Tools (diffraction spikes), Adobe Photoshop CS2