(meteorobs) Hale-Bopp from Phoenix

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Hale-Bopp from Phoenix
• From: L.W.Miller@az05p.bull.com (MILLER.LW)
• Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 08:41:33 -0700
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We were out in North Mountain Park Saturday morning between 5:30 and 6:30 AM 
MST, and Hale-Bopp is actually naked-eye visible (if you stare hard enough)--but 
much better with binoculars.  Pretty good for a sky where city lights wash it 
out to the point that the only stars visible in the near vicinity of the comet 
are Antares, one dimmer star just above the comet, and Venus and Mercury off to 
the right.  One meteor (0 to +1) streaked past Mars about 6 AM leaving a yellow-
range trail almost half the length of Leo.

        LaRue from Phoenix, Arizona 

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