Science News 1/27/7 It's all for McNaught

[Enzo]

COmet McNaught came and went and I never saw it. Then again when Halley came I only saw it once when it was a tiny little fuzz patch.

Now CM is in the under half of the sky



What a great view, makes me want to go down there.

The brightest comet in 4 decades is flaunting its dusty tail over southern skies, as this Jan. 18 photograph taken from Dunedin, New Zealand, attests.

[Lance]

It's on the fade down there too now. A couple of weeks ago would have been the best time to go.

My buddy Jim is in South Africa now (since 1/17) and said the comet view was spectacular.

[hippietrekx]

I've got two issues of Science News sitting unread on my table. I've gotta stop doing all this homework. Well, I did, because it's done, but now I have to apply for financial aid this weekend with the taxes being done and all.

Oh well, it's not like I missed out on a comet I could have seen here in Michigan.

[Enzo]

Ya, considering we get maybe three days a year without clouds, it's just the luck of the draw what is in the sky those days. At least Venus has returned to the evening sky.

[hippietrekx]

Oh, come on, when it's absolutely freezing it's clear! Like when it was -9 degrees (without windchill) the other night.

So clear it was crazy. I didn't go out--figured I'd be the next item in the frozen food section if I did.

[Enzo]

OK, but the comet already had left when it got cold. Besides, we haven't seen below zero in several years. I don't know what happened this year. Damned groundhog anyway.

[Lance]

It's -10° here right now, at 8:20 AM. brrrrr

[Enzo]

We're habbin a heat wave. Was supposed to get up to about 20 today.