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Happy Halley's Comet aphelion! This seems worthy of solar punk appreciation. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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Nov 3 2023 marks the furthest Halley's comet will be from Earth before making the turn-around trip back.

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[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I had gotten a small telescope for Christmas or birthday that year and it came with an infographic poster all about Halley's Comet and I was super excited, then I promptly forgot all about it until several months after it passed. I'll have my redemption in 2061!

I suspect it would've been a disappointing experience with that cheap little telescope. I have a telescope now that's like 6-10 times the size and it's still impossible to find the comets that come by. I'm sure by 2061 I'll have a much larger one with computer controlled alignment and whatnot...