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Comet Lulin with the Beehive

Comet Lulin with the Beehive

On Mar 5 Comet Lulin cruise just a couple of degrees south of the Beehive cluster. Despite the 70% Moon shining not far away dowm amoungst the feet of Gemini this nice little comet still had a bit to show. I could even make out a bit of a stubby tail extending to the east. The bright star in the bottom right of the sketch is delta Cancri

This is how I observed it using my little f/6.8 ED80 refractor at 13X. The FOV is approximately 4º