Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!nsc!amdahl!canopus From: canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Alpha Carinae) Newsgroups: net.astro Subject: Re: Halley idetification Message-ID: <2216@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 10:52:58 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.2216 Posted: Mon Nov 11 10:52:58 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:29:24 EST References: <1343@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: RA: 6h 22m 30s; Dec: -52d 36m Lines: 14 > I was out looking for Halley's comet tonight after seeing the posting a few > days ago saying that it was moving between Orion and the Pleades. There's a > *lot* of space between those two! In any case, perhaps someone could tell > me if what I saw is likely to be Halley's: > > Description: A star-like spot with a fuzzy halo right next to the middle star > in Orion's sword, and probably dimmer. I could see the middle star with > naked eye, but only with binocs could I see that there were really two (and > the fuzz). You were looking at M-42, the Great Nebula in Orion. -- Frank Dibbell (408-746-6493) ...!{ihnp4,cbosgd,sun}!amdahl!canopus Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA [This is the obligatory disclaimer..]