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From: djs@nyit.UUCP (David Sturman)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Comet Halley's sighting
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 17:48:22 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 12 17:48:22 1985
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On 11/9 we had the first clear night in a long time in New York.
I went to a nice dark location in northern Jersey with a pair of
10x80 binoculars and a 6-inch newtonian telescope.  After a long
while I finally found Halleys just south of Tau-Taurus.
(That is to say the star identified by the greek letter Tau in the 
constellation Taurus.)
It looked like a faint smudge.  No preceivable tail.
I could see it both in the telescope and the binoculars.

It was pretty exciting to see it for the first time.  I plan to
go out again as soon as it's clear to get another look but its
been cloudy for four days now and there are no clear days in the
forcast.

-- 
David Sturman                    ucbvax!decvax!philabs!sbcs!nyit!djs
NYIT Computer Graphics Lab            or
P.O. Box 170                     allegra!sbcs!nyit!djs
Old Westbury, NY 11568
(516) 686-7644