I would also like to state that "experiences" like this do a bunch to KILL interest in astronomy. I received many calls from interested individuals (as I am sure you all did) asking where they needed to look to see this event. There was publicity and estimates showing that this would be a naked-eye-visible event. This was far from that kind of event. When this was explained to the folks that called, they were, at the very least, disappointed. The public notification of events like this (a real astronomical non-event for 99.99% of the population) needs to be much more realistic. Expectations need to reflect the nature of the event, and not the spectacle. The spectacle frequently evaporates at the time of the event. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com