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RE: (meteorobs) West, eh?
George G. wrote:
This comet is now better than Hyakutake. In fact, I too agree with others that
this is almost better than West already. I have seen 54 comets, including
Ikea-Seki.
At 11 Mar 97 12:35:53 EST Cathy Hall responded:
>Beg to differ ;) I don't think it's quite there yet! Hyakutake was great, and>I could see a 65 degree naked eye tail on it... I think that Hale-Bopp will
>have to really work at it to match West, which is the best comet I've seen. It
>was exquisite... got it for 11 mornings in a row from the west coast of
>Vancouver Island, just me and the ocean and the comet, with Mount Baker off in
>the distance.... Hyakutake was bright, and domineering, but not nearly so
>lovely...
Well Cathy, you are a good observer, and I believe you saw comet West better
than I did, as I saw it from the suburbs; not in such a pristine setting as
you did. So, I should have qualified my statement more. But in a few weeks Hale
Bopp will probably surpass every comet seen this century, including Ikea-Seki.
GWG