BL> I've only seen one meteor.

RM> Small meteors are quite common. On a good clear Saturday night,
RM> when our huge (6 or so) club has an observing night, it would
RM> be very unusual if not one person pointed up somewhere and
RM> yelled out "Meteor!!" just in time for everyone to turn around
RM> and miss it.

 You ought to try it in Sydney. In the past year, there has only been
one exceptionally clear night when I could see the Milky Way, you
can't see the fifth star in the Cross, and sometimes the fourth goes
too.

BL> and Halley's sucks, too.

RM> Another example of too much media hype. Halley was small and
RM> faint, sure.

 In 1066, Halleys was bright enough to see by, its tail extended
across the sky, and religious loonies were jumping off skyscrapers (or
out of oak trees, anyway) writing it all down in a tapestry.  I'd have
settled for any tail at all, but Halleys was a fuzz ball.

RM> I have photos. Taken with an ordinary camera with a 300mm lens.

 Are you sure it's not a Chemist's thumbrpint on the film?

RM> Historical trivia: the anomaly in Mercury's orbit that can be
RM> explained today by Einstein's relativity was accurately
RM> measured by 1859.

 I wonder why you think I give a shit avout that?

RM> Source: Sky&Telescope magazine Oct 1998, p112.

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Regards,
Bob


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