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From: jay@npois.UUCP (Anton Winteroak)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Halleys Comet this month
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Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 10:08:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  4 10:08:00 1985
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	If you have a good pair of binoculars you can see Halley's Comet
this month. It is high in the Northern Sky, and will get as bright as
magnitude 6.2
	It is presently moving from Orion and Gemini into Taurus.
On the nights from November 14th through 17th, the moon will set early,
and the comet will be within about two degrees of the Plaedes (sp?) betwenn
magnitudes 7 and 6.5.
	It will appear as a starlike object with a round hazy area
centered on the bright spot. It is unlikely that there will be much of
a tail visable, since it will be more than 1.5 times as far from the
sun as we are.