Gallery of pics here:

https://go.nasa.gov/2vTbhIU

Divine Angel said:

Gallery of pics here:

https://go.nasa.gov/2vTbhIU

ta.

The only comet I’ve ever seen in my lifetime was Comet Kohoutek

which (btw) was the initial inspiration for Darkside of the Moon

Doano why they call Kohoutek “A Fizzle”.. it was pretty damned impressive as far as I’m concerned.
It wasn’t a streak in the sky we’d come to expect…. but rather VERY VERY LARGE and “FUZZY”.
It wasn’t something one would notice (if you weren’t looking for it) but I remember pointing it out
to neighbours coming and going in the evening between their parked cars and their houses.

…another striking thing was that it hung in the night sky for DAYS!

For a few days we saw it “Head-On” coming toward us then a few days Side-On as it passed,
then looking into the tail as it slowly faded as it receded into the night sky.

I guess I saw Haley’s Comet, but in spite of it’s fame, didn’t find it nearly as memorable. Go Figure.

Ogmog said:

The only comet I’ve ever seen in my lifetime was Comet Kohoutek

which (btw) was the initial inspiration for Darkside of the Moon

Doano why they call Kohoutek “A Fizzle”.. it was pretty damned impressive as far as I’m concerned.
It wasn’t a streak in the sky we’d come to expect…. but rather VERY VERY LARGE and “FUZZY”.
It wasn’t something one would notice (if you weren’t looking for it) but I remember pointing it out
to neighbours coming and going in the evening between their parked cars and their houses.

…another striking thing was that it hung in the night sky for DAYS!

For a few days we saw it “Head-On” coming toward us then a few days Side-On as it passed,
then looking into the tail as it slowly faded as it receded into the night sky.

I guess I saw Haley’s Comet, but in spite of it’s fame, didn’t find it nearly as memorable. Go Figure.

Thanks for the reminder, I still owe you large format photographs of Hale-Bopp and two other comets from 1997.

Kohoutek was the first comet I ever went looking for. I clearly remember being very disappointed. It had been hyped in the press as “the brightest comet of the century”, and it wasn’t. I would have been 15 years old.

It wasn’t until Comet McNaught came along in 2007 that I was really impressed by any comets.

mollwollfumble said:

Ogmog said:

The only comet I’ve ever seen in my lifetime was Comet Kohoutek

which (btw) was the initial inspiration for Darkside of the Moon

Doano why they call Kohoutek “A Fizzle”.. it was pretty damned impressive as far as I’m concerned.
It wasn’t a streak in the sky we’d come to expect…. but rather VERY VERY LARGE and “FUZZY”.
It wasn’t something one would notice (if you weren’t looking for it) but I remember pointing it out
to neighbours coming and going in the evening between their parked cars and their houses.

…another striking thing was that it hung in the night sky for DAYS!

For a few days we saw it “Head-On” coming toward us then a few days Side-On as it passed,
then looking into the tail as it slowly faded as it receded into the night sky.

I guess I saw Haley’s Comet, but in spite of it’s fame, didn’t find it nearly as memorable. Go Figure.

Thanks for the reminder, I still owe you large format photographs of Hale-Bopp and two other comets from 1997.

Kohoutek was the first comet I ever went looking for. I clearly remember being very disappointed. It had been hyped in the press as “the brightest comet of the century”, and it wasn’t. I would have been 15 years old.

It wasn’t until Comet McNaught came along in 2007 that I was really impressed by any comets.

Comet McNaught means nothing to me.

I remember Kohoutek, but I don’t remember my reaction to it.

mollwollfumble said:

Ogmog said:

The only comet I’ve ever seen in my lifetime was Comet Kohoutek

which (btw) was the initial inspiration for Darkside of the Moon

Doano why they call Kohoutek “A Fizzle”.. it was pretty damned impressive as far as I’m concerned.
It wasn’t a streak in the sky we’d come to expect…. but rather VERY VERY LARGE and “FUZZY”.
It wasn’t something one would notice (if you weren’t looking for it) but I remember pointing it out
to neighbours coming and going in the evening between their parked cars and their houses.

…another striking thing was that it hung in the night sky for DAYS!

For a few days we saw it “Head-On” coming toward us then a few days Side-On as it passed,
then looking into the tail as it slowly faded as it receded into the night sky.

I guess I saw Haley’s Comet, but in spite of it’s fame, didn’t find it nearly as memorable. Go Figure.

Thanks for the reminder, I still owe you large format photographs of Hale-Bopp and two other comets from 1997.

Kohoutek was the first comet I ever went looking for. I clearly remember being very disappointed. It had been hyped in the press as “the brightest comet of the century”, and it wasn’t. I would have been 15 years old.

It wasn’t until Comet McNaught came along in 2007 that I was really impressed by any comets.

Comet McNaught means nothing to me.

I remember Kohoutek, but I don’t remember my reaction to it.

mollwollfumble said:

Ogmog said:

The only comet I’ve ever seen in my lifetime was Comet Kohoutek

which (btw) was the initial inspiration for Darkside of the Moon

Doano why they call Kohoutek “A Fizzle”.. it was pretty damned impressive as far as I’m concerned.
It wasn’t a streak in the sky we’d come to expect…. but rather VERY VERY LARGE and “FUZZY”.
It wasn’t something one would notice (if you weren’t looking for it) but I remember pointing it out
to neighbours coming and going in the evening between their parked cars and their houses.

…another striking thing was that it hung in the night sky for DAYS!

For a few days we saw it “Head-On” coming toward us then a few days Side-On as it passed,
then looking into the tail as it slowly faded as it receded into the night sky.

I guess I saw Haley’s Comet, but in spite of it’s fame, didn’t find it nearly as memorable. Go Figure.

Thanks for the reminder, I still owe you large format photographs of Hale-Bopp and two other comets from 1997.

Kohoutek was the first comet I ever went looking for. I clearly remember being very disappointed. It had been hyped in the press as “the brightest comet of the century”, and it wasn’t. I would have been 15 years old.

It wasn’t until Comet McNaught came along in 2007 that I was really impressed by any comets.

The only one I can really remember seeing was Halley’s in 1986 or so …. ?
The press (pre-internet days, of course) said that the best viewing time was such-and-such a date, but I found that about a month before that was best for me. I measured it as best I could and from the core of the comet to the far end of the tail that I could see was five full moon lengths. It’s not impossible but not likely that I’ll see it again.

Spiny Norman said:

mollwollfumble said:

Ogmog said:

The only comet I’ve ever seen in my lifetime was Comet Kohoutek

which (btw) was the initial inspiration for Darkside of the Moon

Doano why they call Kohoutek “A Fizzle”.. it was pretty damned impressive as far as I’m concerned.
It wasn’t a streak in the sky we’d come to expect…. but rather VERY VERY LARGE and “FUZZY”.
It wasn’t something one would notice (if you weren’t looking for it) but I remember pointing it out
to neighbours coming and going in the evening between their parked cars and their houses.

…another striking thing was that it hung in the night sky for DAYS!

For a few days we saw it “Head-On” coming toward us then a few days Side-On as it passed,
then looking into the tail as it slowly faded as it receded into the night sky.

I guess I saw Haley’s Comet, but in spite of it’s fame, didn’t find it nearly as memorable. Go Figure.

Thanks for the reminder, I still owe you large format photographs of Hale-Bopp and two other comets from 1997.

Kohoutek was the first comet I ever went looking for. I clearly remember being very disappointed. It had been hyped in the press as “the brightest comet of the century”, and it wasn’t. I would have been 15 years old.

It wasn’t until Comet McNaught came along in 2007 that I was really impressed by any comets.

The only one I can really remember seeing was Halley’s in 1986 or so …. ?
The press (pre-internet days, of course) said that the best viewing time was such-and-such a date, but I found that about a month before that was best for me. I measured it as best I could and from the core of the comet to the far end of the tail that I could see was five full moon lengths. It’s not impossible but not likely that I’ll see it again.

I remember seeing Halley’s, I was working night shift and you could see it very clearly in the pre-dawn in the east. Looking forward to seeing it again in 2061.

Peak Warming Man said:

I remember seeing Halley’s, I was working night shift and you could see it very clearly in the pre-dawn in the east. Looking forward to seeing it again in 2061.

I’ll only be a spritely 96 years old then.

Spiny Norman said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I remember seeing Halley’s, I was working night shift and you could see it very clearly in the pre-dawn in the east. Looking forward to seeing it again in 2061.

I’ll only be a spritely 96 years old then.

I remember Halley’s too. I got up at the prescribed time, some ungodly hour, for three or four days without seeing anything and then when we got up for one of Mr buffy’s early shifts I walked out the back door and went…“Oh look! That must be it!”

McNaught we looked at from the top of Mt Rouse with some friends, some wine and food, and some local wallabies making grunting noises in the dark.

buffy said:

Spiny Norman said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I remember seeing Halley’s, I was working night shift and you could see it very clearly in the pre-dawn in the east. Looking forward to seeing it again in 2061.

I’ll only be a spritely 96 years old then.

I remember Halley’s too. I got up at the prescribed time, some ungodly hour, for three or four days without seeing anything and then when we got up for one of Mr buffy’s early shifts I walked out the back door and went…“Oh look! That must be it!”

McNaught we looked at from the top of Mt Rouse with some friends, some wine and food, and some local wallabies making grunting noises in the dark.

We classed Halley’s comet as “that fuzzy blob all the excitement is about”.

I remember seeing Halley’s. Most of the family were looking at a tennis ball hung from a tree. I assume my Grandad put it there.

Spiny Norman said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I remember seeing Halley’s, I was working night shift and you could see it very clearly in the pre-dawn in the east. Looking forward to seeing it again in 2061.

I’ll only be a spritely 96 years old then.

110.

Possibly slightly less spritely.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Spiny Norman said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I remember seeing Halley’s, I was working night shift and you could see it very clearly in the pre-dawn in the east. Looking forward to seeing it again in 2061.

I’ll only be a spritely 96 years old then.

110.

Possibly slightly less spritely.

It gets less visible each time doesn’t it as it’s mass goes down as it approaches the sun.
I wonder what it was like tens of thousands of years ago

I’ll only be 83.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Ogmog said:

The only comet I’ve ever seen in my lifetime was Comet Kohoutek

which (btw) was the initial inspiration for Darkside of the Moon

Doano why they call Kohoutek “A Fizzle”.. it was pretty damned impressive as far as I’m concerned.
It wasn’t a streak in the sky we’d come to expect…. but rather VERY VERY LARGE and “FUZZY”.
It wasn’t something one would notice (if you weren’t looking for it) but I remember pointing it out
to neighbours coming and going in the evening between their parked cars and their houses.

…another striking thing was that it hung in the night sky for DAYS!

For a few days we saw it “Head-On” coming toward us then a few days Side-On as it passed,
then looking into the tail as it slowly faded as it receded into the night sky.

I guess I saw Haley’s Comet, but in spite of it’s fame, didn’t find it nearly as memorable. Go Figure.

Thanks for the reminder, I still owe you large format photographs of Hale-Bopp and two other comets from 1997.

Kohoutek was the first comet I ever went looking for. I clearly remember being very disappointed. It had been hyped in the press as “the brightest comet of the century”, and it wasn’t. I would have been 15 years old.

It wasn’t until Comet McNaught came along in 2007 that I was really impressed by any comets.

Comet McNaught means nothing to me.

I remember Kohoutek, but I don’t remember my reaction to it.

Comet McNaught looked like the death star suspended in space, it seemed even bigger than the moon.

Tau.Neutrino said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Thanks for the reminder, I still owe you large format photographs of Hale-Bopp and two other comets from 1997.

Kohoutek was the first comet I ever went looking for. I clearly remember being very disappointed. It had been hyped in the press as “the brightest comet of the century”, and it wasn’t. I would have been 15 years old.

It wasn’t until Comet McNaught came along in 2007 that I was really impressed by any comets.

Comet McNaught means nothing to me.

I remember Kohoutek, but I don’t remember my reaction to it.

Comet McNaught looked like the death star suspended in space, it seemed even bigger than the moon.

Goodness me….what were you taking when you were looking at it?!