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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
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Posted: Mon Nov 11 10:52:58 1985
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> 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.
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