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  Comet

   • m*******e@a****.***u.edu
     24/02/1997 00:00:000 UTC

     I finally got to see comet Hale-Bopp around 5 this morning. It was
     easily

     visible, about 10 degrees under the neck of Cygnus and about as bright
     as

     Deneb or Altair. Observing it with the small Sears telescope my parents

     gave me for my nineth birthday, I could see the tail extending about
     half a

     degree, perhaps a bit more. This was with a nearly full Moon in the sky.

     The comet should be pretty nice by late March.

     --- Brian