I remember getting a good look at Hayley's Comet when it passed by in 1986... I was about 8 years old. It turns up every 76 years (a bit like the British trains). I just wondered if anyone else here remembers seeing the comet?
2007-03-03 17:05:48 · 11 answers · asked by Wildamberhoney 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I agree that it didn't put on a spectacular show in 1986 - at the time, I was far more impressed with the fact that I might not ever see it again. If I do, I'll be 84. It's the ''once in a lifetime'' nature of Haley's Comer that I found so interesting.
2007-03-04 08:56:21 · update #1
Yes, I remember it quite vividly. I was in Assam in India and it was a wonderful sight day after day, i mean night after night for several weeks. I was about 35 years at that time. I am sure, I won't be around when it comes back on its revisit.
2007-03-03 18:38:39 · answer #1 · answered by Venkateswara Rao K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do. I wasn't impressed. My grandparents took us on a cruise to Tahiti to see it. I'm very fair, and didn't dare go out in the sun, even with sunblock, so I watched Romancing the Stone in the ship's theater over and over and over.
At night I would sit up and watch the stars. Halley's comet wasn't much. Hale-Bopp about ten years later was much more impressive. But I did love seeing the Southern Cross and the Magellenic Clouds.
2007-03-04 01:09:46 · answer #2 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good on you - you managed to see it. I live in Melbourne Australia, and was 18 at the time. I climbed up onto the roof with a set of binoculars, and didn't see a great deal. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that I'll be able to see it again..
2007-03-04 01:18:45 · answer #3 · answered by Michael T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I saw it a long time ago...it was more star-like if anything (and I didn't have a scope at the time). I've since had the chance to see Hyakatuke and Hale-Bopp...which were far more spectacular just with the naked eye alone.
2007-03-04 02:06:24 · answer #4 · answered by swilliamrex 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember trying really really hard to find it and us never being sure if we were looking at the right thing. I was about the same age and am hoping i live long enough for a second go at it. :)
2007-03-04 01:10:06 · answer #5 · answered by blahblah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I saw it when I was 22...... If I want to see it again I have to live to be 98!! It'll be tough, but I'm going to give it my best, considering the alternative.
2007-03-04 01:49:30 · answer #6 · answered by eggman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A little, I was 10 and had a hard time staying up, If I remember right my mom drove me around so I could see it. LOL, you just brought up such vague memories I don't even know if they are real. Thanks.
2007-03-04 01:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by yg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I wasn't even born then but I wish I were already so I could've seen it!
2007-03-04 01:08:27 · answer #8 · answered by Andrea 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I remember hearing about it, i was only 5, so it was a big deal, but not so big, lol. but hey i was 5! lol.
2007-03-04 01:08:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep and I hope I see it again!
2007-03-04 01:16:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋