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 Nov 2 2008, 12:47 PM
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No one seems to have noticed, but next December 25 marks the 250th anniversary of Palizsch's recovery of comet Halley, the first time a comet was predicted to return
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Nov 2 2008, 09:55 PM
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I have a feeling that the Wikipedia reference is for the first eyeball-to-eyepiece *visual* (not photographic) recovery of Halley prior to its 1986 perihelion, and that Mike is referring to the first *photographic* recovery of the comet.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Nov 2 2008, 11:10 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 2 2008, 01:55 PM)  Mike is referring to the first *photographic* recovery of the comet. Technically, Ed Danielson was using the PFUEI (Prime Focus Universal Extragalactic Instrument), which was a cooled CCD camera based on the TI 800x800 sensor used in the first WF/PC on HST. Ed went on to be the instrument manager on the Mars Observer Camera. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Paolo 250th anniversary of Halley recovery Nov 2 2008, 12:47 PM
ElkGroveDan I'll feel really old when they recover it agai... Nov 2 2008, 03:20 PM dvandorn Isn't Halley supposed to return in 2061? It... Nov 2 2008, 05:52 PM ElkGroveDan True, but visual recovery of it will occur some ti... Nov 2 2008, 06:02 PM dvandorn Yeah, very true. Well, last time Halley was spott... Nov 2 2008, 06:57 PM
siravan QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 2 2008, 01:57 PM) B... Nov 2 2008, 07:11 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 2 2008, 10:57 AM) W... Nov 2 2008, 08:59 PM Paolo By the way, Halley is still being tracked telescop... Nov 2 2008, 07:03 PM dvandorn QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 2 2008, 03:59 PM)... Nov 2 2008, 09:50 PM ugordan QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 2 2008, 10:50 PM) W... Nov 2 2008, 09:51 PM ugordan Hmm, you might have a point there. Either way, pho... Nov 2 2008, 10:32 PM dvandorn You know, that bring up a good semantic nit -- is ... Nov 2 2008, 11:17 PM |
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