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  • Re: Halley's Comet

    From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Bob Worm on Fri Nov 1 16:44:18 2024
    Re: Re: Halley's Comet
    By: Bob Worm to Adept on Fri Nov 01 2024 05:29 pm

    Now, the Perseids meteor shower we had a few years back (probably about a decade ago, now that I think of it) I *do* remember seeing, and it was prett spectacular. Definitely helped by the fact I was on holiday in the countryside with very little light pollution.

    I saw the Perseids in the 1990s up at 7200 feet in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Awesome sight.
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  • From Ed Vance@21:1/175 to Dumas Walker on Sat Nov 2 20:19:14 2024
    I still see the Comet in the evening around 7:00PM.
    Up about 45 Degrees and in the Southwest.
    It moves towards the South direction each night.
    Ed
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  • From Ed Vance@21:1/175 to Dumas Walker on Mon Nov 4 12:12:54 2024

    I still see the Comet in the evening around 7:00PM.
    Up about 45 Degrees and in the Southwest.
    It moves towards the South direction each night.
    Ed


    7:00PM in original message was EDT
    Would be 6:00PM EST now since the time changed Sunday morning
    Ed
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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Bob Worm on Wed Nov 6 22:39:21 2024
    Either way it's due back 2061, apparently. I'm not sure I'll get to see it, though, as that would make me 80 - even if I make it that far I
    don't expect my eyes to be good enough to pick up on a comet by then :(

    I guess that's something that's really special about the comet -- when it comes, those in their 80s will remember it from childhood, and the young children have a solid chance of being around for the next pass.

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