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From: tuc@ihlpf.UUCP (Burstrom)
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Subject: Re: Comet Halley's sighting
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Date: Tue, 19-Nov-85 18:00:22 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 19 18:00:22 1985
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> On 11/9 we had the first clear night in a long time in New York.
> I went to a nice dark location in northern Jersey with a pair of
> 10x80 binoculars and a 6-inch newtonian telescope.  After a long
> while I finally found Halleys just south of Tau-Taurus.
> (That is to say the star identified by the greek letter Tau in the 
> constellation Taurus.)
> It looked like a faint smudge.  No preceivable tail.
> I could see it both in the telescope and the binoculars.
> 
> It was pretty exciting to see it for the first time.  I plan to
> go out again as soon as it's clear to get another look but its
> been cloudy for four days now and there are no clear days in the
> forcast.
> 
> -- 
> David Sturman                    ucbvax!decvax!philabs!sbcs!nyit!djs
> NYIT Computer Graphics Lab            or
> P.O. Box 170                     allegra!sbcs!nyit!djs
> Old Westbury, NY 11568
> (516) 686-7644

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