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Subject: Halley's Comet naked-eye visible
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Date: Sun, 29-Dec-85 14:34:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 29 14:34:00 1985
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The January, 1986 Sky and Telescope says the first known naked-eye
sighting of Halley's Comet during this apparition was by two people in
California at 0145 PST, March 8, 1985.  They were at 7000' in the San
Gabriel Mountains (north of LA) and estimated the magnitude at 6.3 or
6.5.

Meanwhile, last night here in Fort Collins (elev. 5000', pop. ~70000),
it was not quite naked-eye visible, due to city lights and the rising
moon.  Maybe tonight, out of town...

Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado
{ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"