Subj : Re: Halley's Comet
To   : Adept
From : Ed Vance
Date : Fri Nov 01 2024 01:08 pm



> I haven't been lucky enough to see it, though I think it's been more about my
> location, how cloudy it has been, and when I've remembered to go looking. I'm
> sad about it, as a naked-eye comet is not common.

> I had thought the general response was that it didn't pass particularly
> close, so was underwhelming as an event.

> But perhaps it was more visible in the Southern Hemisphere.

> That said, it's doubtlessly the most famous comet, and the only one I'm aware
> of where there are a lot of historical sightings of it -- though I guess
> Halley was the one to connect the dots in 1705.

> It's also interesting that we're now closer to the next visit than we are to
> the last, as Halley's Comet started getting closer to the sun as of December
> of last year.

> 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
> in the night sky, and took up a much larger portion of the sky, as they were
> fuzzy blobs.

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

> I think the odds aren't _great_ that we'll see something as obvious as
> Hale-Bopp in the next 50 years, but it would be neat if we could get a few
> more visible-to-the-naked eye (but no collisions) comets, as it's a celestial
> treat.

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> This post may be a repeat I am not sure it was saved earlier.
Here in Southern Indiana USA Comet 2023 Atlas is high in the sky after sunset,
it is in the SouthWest now and slowly moving higher and more Southward.

Don't think I saw Hale-Bopp .
As I was leaving church one Wednesday night someone pointed out Hyakutake in
the sky.

Hope You get to see Comet Atlas.
Ed
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