For those of you who have been following comet Hartley, it transits in Salt Lake City at around 5am. NASA will do a flyby of the comet tomorrow. Therefore, it is possible to get up early and view the comet through your telescope, and then watch the flyby images an hour or two later on NASA TV. (But be forewarned, sometimes these NASA satellite broadcasts can be PR exercises revolving around "We are standing in Mission Control; isn't this exciting?" and not include real time satellite images.) Broadcast times are: From a NASA Press Release: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-362A&rn=news.xml&rst=2798 --------------- Thursday, Nov. 4: Live coverage beginning at 6:30 a.m. PDT (9:30 a.m. EDT) from mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will be available online on NASA Television's Media Channel. Coverage includes closest approach, an educational segment, and the return of close-approach images. A post-flyby news briefing is planned for 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT). For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. Activities will also be carried live on one of JPL's Ustream channels at: http://www.ustream.tv/user/NASAJPL2. --------------- Clear Skies - Kurt