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Thread: Comets (the celestial type)
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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According to this article, sky-gazing this year will be particularly enjoyable.
Moo
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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I think we saw Halley's comet the last time it was visible. I wish I still lived in LA county: Griffith Park Observatory (where I was born nearby) was/is open to the public on Wednesday nights. As a lad, I used to look through their telescopes. My almost-16-year-old niece will likely be on staff at JPL when she gets her astrophysics Ph.D. in about 10 years!
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Sandemaniac
Shipmate
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Certainly hoping for decent comets - I remember 1997 very fondly (as, I seem to recall, does our very own comet).
As it is, I've already seen the Galilean moons and bands on Jupiter, which is pretty exciting. Just think, under that icy crust of Europa, something might be alive... How headscrewingly cool would that be?
AG
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Polly Plummer
Shipmate
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Did any British shipmates hear the "In our time" programme last Thursday about comets? very informative, and probably still available to listen to.
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