The greenish looking Comet Lulin, has a tail and will reach maximum magnitude in February. While I have not seen it yet, others have and photographed it.
Here is one of the latest links to one . (if you have your own on a website please send me a link or send me your photo or sketch and I will publish it on the blog with your permission and citation)
1/26/09
(if not this date go to this link/website and then go to archives link which is on the APOD Spaceweather page lower portion)
http://www.spaceweather.com/
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Monday, June 16, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Comet disintergrates near Sun
The orbiting spacecraft saw this comet heading toward the sun and disintergrate.
5/26/08
http://www.spaceweather.com/
if not this date use archives
5/26/08
http://www.spaceweather.com/
if not this date use archives
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Comet Boattini (2007 W1)
Date:4/16/08
Time : 10:36 pm MT
location: Amadoo, AZ
11hr 37.246
-19d 41.1
Conditions: clear but moon nearby
I caught this comet Boatinni at around 9th magnitude even during moonlight.
It has a rather bright nucleus and a roundish coma.
this one below taken at 11:57 shows the movement during that duration
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Sunday, December 9, 2007

hello,
I want to put this image made from the north of France in a small village (Wormhout)
Shooting:Audine Kaf 3200 ME
Alaudine NT
Temperature ext: 05.0 °
Cooling: -25 °
Télébjectif Sigma 300 mm F / 4 APO
Time Exposure: 3 x (5 x 50 seconds filters (RGB))
Date and time of the shooting: 29 November 2007 22h20mn (Midfielder Exposure)
I authorize the release of my image to your blog.
Stéphane TAKBOU
Observatoire de l'ancienne abbaye
MPC A11
N 50°52'48"
E 02°28'18"
Altitude 16 m
Wormhout
France
http://napac.free.fr/
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Holmes
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Comet Holmes in different filters collage

I shot Comet Holmes at its peak brightness early November.
Center- clear image
Top left - red filter
Top right - green
Bottom left - blue
Bottom right- infrared
exposure 8 second
where: Amadoo, AZ near Tucson
6 inch telescope and CCD
(c) 2007 Eric Flescher
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