Top Utah Astro Observed Events for 2007
What would you rate as the top Utah asto events for 2007? To qualify, the event must have been actually observed, or unsuccessfully attempted to have been observered, either in Utah or Hawaii. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net
Definitely the mysterious exploding comet. -- Joe On Dec 26, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Kurt Fisher wrote:
What would you rate as the top Utah asto events for 2007? To qualify, the event must have been actually observed, or unsuccessfully attempted to have been observered, either in Utah or Hawaii. - Kurt
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I assume you're referring to comet Holmes, Joe. It was intriguing intellectually, and I know I personally referred to it as "spooky"- mostly due to it's appearance; but it didn't rate as my top astro-event for the year. I'd have to award that to the lunar eclipse- much more dramatic and visually appealing. All in all, there wasn't much happening astronomically that had a larger visual impact, but for me the eclipse was about the most fun. That comet last winter (McNaught) was more interesting to me than Holmes, seeing it in daylight and all, and the photos of the magnificent tail. I suppose that it's getting harder to impress me, astronomically, as time goes by. I've seen some darned spectacular things- aurorae, comets, impacts, fireballs, eclipses...2007 was only average, as such things go. On Dec 26, 2007 12:56 PM, Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
Definitely the mysterious exploding comet. -- Joe
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