Other discussion groups have also gone off into the question of what is a great comet. Someone ranked this one as the best in two years. For myself, comets are a new interest. I was suprised to find that at any one time there are about a dozen in the sky that can be viewed with amateur telescopes. This last year I made it a point to look at two or three each time I set up at Stansbury Park. The reaction from the public to this was, well, "great". Now I'm ready to bore anyone to death with where they come from and where they are going. Tonight I showed this comet to a couple of total strangers. One of them needed to be assured that this one won't hit the earth, but I don't mind those type of questions. I think any kind of participatory public outreach is "great" DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com