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From: canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Alpha Carinae)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: Comet?
Message-ID: <2146@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 11:28:35 EST
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> Someone said in our local town paper that there is a comet now in
> the northern sky.  Does anyone in net-land know if this is true,
> Joe Dzekevich

  The comet now visible in the northern sky after sunset is Comet
  Hartley-Good.  Two weeks ago it was almost 5 degrees north of
  Jupiter.  I haven't seen it recently due to the glare from the
  Moon.

  Two weeks ago it was about magnitude 7, and no tail was present.
  Anyone else see it?
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