Comit Hale-Bopp

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1 total messages Started by Yuh-Hai Wang Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:00

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Author: Yuh-Hai Wang
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:00

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Dear UCCP friends,
  If you are curious about where to look for the comit, here's my
experience last night.
  It appears on NW after sunset.  Search about 30 degrees right of where
sunsets, and 20-30 degrees above horizon, around 7:30pm.  It will be the
brightest 'star' in that region and can easily be found by naked eyes,
if the sky is clear.  It's much bigger, and you can tell immediately
it's not quite an ordinary star.  Using binoculars, you will see its
blue tail towards the right.
  It's an interesting, exciting, and strange feeling for me to watch
this scene.  4000 years later, people will discuss in the newspaper
about what happened to this society 4000 years ago when their ancestors
observed the same comit, and be surprised that people committed suicide
just because of this unusual scene. 
  Give yourself a break, and enjoy your sky.

Yuh-Hai





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