Prof. Sam Lawler on Nostr: Halley's comet just went through aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun (thanks to ...
Halley's comet just went through aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun (thanks to npub18a7g37arszly0d6tt6p6stmzwtw96t9tx2cek9sav28ylf6zqw9slwsfc6 (npub18a7…sfc6) for pointing that out!)
How many of you saw it in 1986?
My uncle set up his telescope on a light-polluted suburban front lawn and got us all to look at it, especially me, since I was the right age (little kid) that I could possibly get to see it twice in my lifetime. Sounds like a good astronomer origin story, yes?
How many of you saw it in 1986?
My uncle set up his telescope on a light-polluted suburban front lawn and got us all to look at it, especially me, since I was the right age (little kid) that I could possibly get to see it twice in my lifetime. Sounds like a good astronomer origin story, yes?