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Old January 10th 07, 11:30 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Robb C. Overfield Robb C. Overfield is offline
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Default Comet after sunset

On a tatty piece of sub-ether Paul Richardson at
said...
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:51:03 -0000, "Jim Bennett"
wrote:

Seen very clearly here in Moulton, Northants as well

Jim


And whoever has a direct line to the Weather Gods, thanks a million
for the lovely transparent evening sky at the crucial time west of the
Pennines.
Lovely comet - small, but shining brightly in 10x50 binos against the
twilight.
If ONLY it could be seen against dark skies!! The Southern Hemisphere
may get that, though there's no predicting what will happen on its
passage close to the Sun.


It was damn good from the east of the Pennines too!!! That was my 3rd
naked eye comet and about my 7th or 8th overall... Seeing it, well it was
almost as good as ..... (you know the rest!)
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Rob C. Overfield
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