I was a young kid when it came by in the 80s and I am told I saw it but don't really remember. Did you see it? Was it all that impressive?
2006-10-16 10:15:12 · 16 answers · asked by Justme 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yeah, I remember getting up at zero-dark-thirty and freezing my butt off just to see a dim fuzz through binoculars. It was not that spectacular.
2006-10-16 11:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by Stan the Rocker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tracked it with 15x80 binoculars firstly from Saudi Arabia where I was working, and then from Key West on vacation.
Unfortunately Halley's never came anywhere near as close this last time, as it did in 1910. In 1910, its tail filled half the sky, and some people thought the Earth would get poisoned if it passed through its tail.
Some idiots predicted the end of the world and gave away all their possessions. People never stop amazing me with their stupidity. The tail of a comet is in fact still nearer a vacuum than what you could produce in a lab.
2006-10-16 11:24:43 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember learning about it in the early 60s. I thought the 80s was a million years away. Buy I did see it on the very last night it was visible in the US. It was pretty cool! It looked like Comet Hale-Bopp in the late 90s but not as clear.
2006-10-16 10:21:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was only 12 - I went out to see it one night, but I didn't really know what to look for (I didn't know much about astronomy at the time). I've been told that it wasn't a good appearance, anyway, so I don't think I missed much. The pictures I've seen from 1986 seem to bear that out, too - nothing like the previous appearances. I did see Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp 10 years ago, though - those were neat!
2006-10-16 11:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did. It was not very impressive. Comet West in 1976 was the most impressive comet I have seen.
2006-10-16 10:39:27 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah. I was planning on it, but I had better things to do. I wa just a kid and didn't care too much. I'll catch it next time. Once in a lifetime, right, I'll still be here.
2006-10-16 10:23:52 · answer #6 · answered by littleblondemohawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is much more impressive when you have at least a small telescope or binoculars. I could barely see it because of all the polution where I was.
2006-10-16 10:20:15 · answer #7 · answered by icez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I may have but I don't remember I think it was easier to see in the southern hemisphere and I live in Maine.
2006-10-16 10:17:40 · answer #8 · answered by zara01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thought it was pretty strange. It looked like it was moving and not moving at the same time
2006-10-16 10:24:21 · answer #9 · answered by stweedle_uk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i missed it in the 80's but i seen it the time before that.
2006-10-16 10:18:27 · answer #10 · answered by bolo 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋