"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:wG9ob.62156$HS4.549608@attbi_s01...
| Solid overcast in the Puget Sound region tonight. No auroras. Cheated
once
| again. :-(
|
| Ah, don't worry -- it's just the usual "Haley's Comet" media hoax. I
took
| my family out into the county, away from the city lights. It was dark
as
a
| witch's soul...
|
| No aurora here.
|
| We do this every time they say there will be a comet, meteor shower, or
sun
| flare. Never -- not even ONCE -- have we seen anything. :-(
| --

I actually saw Halley's Comet, but you needed a very dark night to see
much
of it. Of course, nobody could see Kahoutec with the naked eye, though I
vividly remember one woman calling into a radio station excitedly saying
she
could see it.

"It is kind of a red blinking light moving across the sky."

Host: "Great! Yes! Now I see it, too!"




Hehe... never even looked for that one. Bud did get a great view of comet
Hyukatake... just happened to be planning a big spring break trip to the
Texas Big Bend/Davis mountain area (including the McDonnal Observatory) had
no idea the comet was going to be around untill a few months before the
trip... well after we had it all planned out. Was incredible to see it and
its tail streak across about fifteen degrees of arc in the darkest skies
available in the south central US.... I also saw the 1989 aurora event from
the Dallas Fort Worth area, but i was a wee little ladd then.... just
remember seeing the colerful arcs across the sky and convincing my friend
next door we were under alien attack... he went and hid (arent' kids awful,
i know i was!). Never did see halleys last time through, remember dad
driving us well away from the city lights to look for it tho. Hale Bopp was
also fairly impressive, unfortunately the only time i really saw it was the
city lights washing out most of the tail. Stayed up late last night
checking outside every thirty minutes for these danged aurorae, never saw a
single thing so i called it a night... supposed to take my first solo XC
today from Arlington Municipal (KGKY) to Stephenville Clark (KSEP) but the
high winds may get in the way... will know more about that later...