Purely a lighthearted question 
did any of you watch Halley’s Comet in 1986… ???
Yes! We went on a Brownies camping trip to a campsite at the side of a dam / lake with no nearby towns (nearest about 30km away). the Aussie skies are pretty amazing at the best of times but it was truly incredible, I was only 10 but still remember it clearly!
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My brother gave my highly detailed instructions… of how to watch and whereabouts in our garden would give the best viewing point (away from light pollution)…
It was amazing… and I plan to be around to watch the next visit…
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Oddly I came across it again today in ‘New York’ by Edward Rutherfurd. Now THAT is coincidence
errh? I don’t think I am any wiser,but thanks anyway Useless at Mathematics and all those techie things!
Gibbous the moonlight, gibbous the girl and leave the rest to me.
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In the ESE sky at night, there’s a very bright yellow item about 30-40 degrees above the horizon. It seems to move perceptibly southward, unless I am imagining it.
Any star-gazers care to comment on what it might be? A satellite if some kind? We live in la Manche.
Like it Mike! I went in to my ‘Origins f words’ tome, and it gave a word I recognised - ‘convex’ Class dismissed?
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