23 Feb
2014
23 Feb
'14
11:27 a.m.
He's right, of course. Nobody paid attention to the data and just kept over-hyping the comet. Joe and I both cautioned against selling it to the masses as the "comet of the century". It was a pleasant little telescopic comet, to be sure, but some people feel it did give the astronomical press a black eye. Maybe we'll get lucky. After Kohoutek, West surprised us, and got little or no press. Maybe history will repeat itself. :-) On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
And speaking of the new issue of Sky & Telescope, anyone happen to notice the scathing ISON essay/editorial near the back?
I think it's safe to say the good Mr. Bortle doesn't like to pull punches.