I saw Hyakitake but my friend and I had to drive to Nevada's Valley of Fire because Utah was clouded over. The comet seemed to stretch across the entire night. Maybe the weather was clear in Utah another night during the apparition. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 6:37 PM MDT Chuck Hards wrote:

Hyakutake. About 98, IIRC. On Mar 19, 2013 6:31 PM, "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:

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Maybe I'm just suffering from a case of eaymbellished memory but it sure seems like I remember a night at SPOC in the 90s when we saw a comet that stretched most of the way across the sky.

Anyone remember that?

patrick

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On Mar 19, 2013, at 10:00, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:

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I wish you could have seen comet West, Mat. Imagine Hale-Bopp, but 2-1/2 times the apparent size. You'd see the first hints of broad tail start to rise early in the morning, and the nucleus wouldn't rise until hours later.

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