dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Walter Nissen) said: > >I am horribly conflicted about posting this message. The plainly evident >general interest demands that it be posted, but as a guardian of list >purity, I am pained. > >Finally, I escaped much of the light pollution to make a half decent OBS of >The Great Comet of 1996, Hyakutake, 1996 B2. Now hold on a second here! Comet 1986 B2 *is* a satellite. Granted it's a satellite in orbit around the sun, but it is *certainly* a satellite, and *certainly* visible. So I would certainly say that it qualifies within the interests of seesat's members. >I caught sight of STS-76 emerging from the shadow 14m 2.49s after catching >sight of the Mir Complex at about 960323 093350. my compliments on the accuracy of your watch. ;-) Philip Chien, Earth News - space writer and consultant PCHIEN@IDS.NET __ __^__ __________ | \ +---/ \---+ (========= |____\___________ +---\_____/---+ // >____)| | \__ \ \______//___ >/ |________| \ [ _____\ >|____________________\ \_______/ Roger, go at throttle up CHR$(32) the final frontier