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« on: October 13, 2021, 08:27:18 PM » |
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In the spring of 1986 I went on a Halley's Comet cruise in the Caribbean and Atlantic. Even at low latitude and far from land, the comet wasn't much to see; Hale-Bopp at its peak was far more impressive, even from light-polluted metro Atlanta. But there was a more interesting (to me) astronomical combination visible on the cruise. On one completely clear night at sea about 10 degrees North latitude, I was able to easily see both Polaris and the Southern Cross in the sky at the same time (in opposite directions, of course).
Amazing to think that Halley is almost at aphelion now and will be starting back toward the Sun in a couple years. I hope I'm around to see it a second time, although I'll be over a hundred then.
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