Subj : Re: Halley's Comet
To   : ADEPT
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Fri Nov 01 2024 01:33 pm

> Thinking of other comets, were you aware of Hyakutake or Hale-Bopp? They came
> in 1996 and 1997, and were _obvious_, as they peaked at 0 and -1 in the
> brightness scale, so were about as bright as the brightest (non-planet) star 
i
> the night sky, and took up a much larger portion of the sky, as they were 
fuzz
> blobs.

> And they were visible much higher in the sky, too, because of how they came 
in

They both had very easily visible tails, too (especially Hyakutake!).  The
current comet does appear to have a tail when photographed with minimal
equipment, but my simple naked-eye observations a couple of weekends ago
were similar to Ed's.

It was bright enough to pick out in even a somewhat light-polluted area,
and very easy to pick out (along with Venus) in a darker setting, but the
tail was not visible naked-eye.


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