BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Stargazers looking toward the southern skies will be able to see comet Lulin with their naked eyes on Tuesday night, according to astronomers.

    This window for observation will last until the early March, during which watchers can also use a small telescope or a pair of binoculars to better spot the greenish comet.

    Lulin is a no periodic comet and this is its one-time only visit to the solar system. Afterward, it will move off the system and disappear.

    The comet, with a serial number of C/2007 N3, was discovered jointly by college student Ye Quanzhi at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong province, and a Taiwanese observer Lin Chi-sheng from Lulin Observatory at Nantou County, on July 11, 2007.

    "It is the first comet that Taiwan has discovered, and also the first one found by Taiwan and mainland citizens together," Lin Chi-sheng said.

    As early as 2006, the two collaborated to find new celestial bodies. Lin would take the images and send them to Ye online. Ye compiled data analysis and tried to pick out the "new star".

    Lin Hung-chin, director of Lulin Observatory hoped the mainland and Taiwan would have a much closer cooperation in astronomy.