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To: Red Badger
It was prettier in 1066.

I saw it in 1986 with binoculars--with difficulty. I assumed that the main reason was light pollution. I won't be around in 2061.

7 posted on 07/13/2026 11:43:40 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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fake news has always existed?


10 posted on 07/13/2026 11:48:37 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

It was very disappointing in 1986. The positions of the Earth and the Comet were at a very poor juxtaposition for good viewing..............


11 posted on 07/13/2026 11:50:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Verginius Rufus

As I remember it was during a full moon that the 1986 Halley’s Comet appeared. The moonlight almost completely obscured the comet. From my backyard it was barely visible. When I visited a local astronomy club’s public viewing it was not much better through a large telescope.


39 posted on 07/13/2026 2:35:28 PM PDT by AceMineral (One day men will beg for chains.)
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To: Verginius Rufus
It was a big disappointment in 1986.

Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp years later were amazing.

44 posted on 07/13/2026 6:59:11 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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