24 Feb
2009
24 Feb
'09
11:09 p.m.
On 24 Feb 2009, at 22:34, Canopus56 wrote:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090225.html
Yep, Lulin's definitely a useless cur. It's only worth looking at those once-in-40 year comets like McNaught or what's that other 40 year old comet you guys are always calling the "big one"? -:) Kurt
Ah, I'd forgotten about McNaught but probably because the 4 I mentioned earlier only included nighttime comets. McNaught was great at night in the southern hemisphere but up here it was memorable to me as my only daylight naked eye comet. Here's my list: 1) One in the late 50's or early 60s who's name I don't remember. 2) West in 1976 3) Hyakutake in 1996 (I got engaged under that one.) 4) Hale-Bopp in 1997 5) McNaught in 2007 patrick