Halley's Comet 1986 - did you see it?
Posted by Ihaveaboot@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 168 comments
This is a stock photo, but I did catch a glimpse of it with my dad using binoculars outside of town.
Light pollution would probably make that impossible now in most of the US, I can't even see any stars on most nights.
VoodooBrother@reddit
No but I did see Frehley's Comet in 1987
RichEmu9748@reddit
Sure did! My Mom even got us our first telescope so we could get a better look at it. It was so exciting!
XTanuki@reddit
My best friend (only child) got a telescope to see it, and I got to wake up early (I think?) to see it. Good times
FriendRaven1@reddit
A little. It was cloudy that whole week.
But I saw the comet Hyakitake, and the double-tailed Hale-Bopp.
Hyakitake won't be around again for about 70,000 years, and Hale-Bopp for another 2000 years.
Truly Incredible.
thewmo@reddit
Saw Hyakutake from a truly dark sky site with well adapted eyes. Tail spanned nearly half the sky. Magnificent!
drumming4coffee@reddit
Hale-Bopp was amazing. I was working night shift then. We had a week of clear skies and it was so bright
Then_Ad7996@reddit
I did. I was 27. I got up really early and stood at our apartments back door to see it. I still remember being awesome struck
chillfire12@reddit
I was 16, and on a cruise where the skies were dark and it felt like the comet was right in my face. I couldn't stop looking at it, and was pretty certain I wouldn't be around for its next visit š
Historical_Bath_9854@reddit
Yes, but I didn't turn in the assignment, thanks for reminding me.
BrokenHero287@reddit
The Challenger was supposed to launch a satellite and other experiments to track Halley's comet. No one got to see any of that.
Fearless_Street5231@reddit
Twice. In the US and New Zealand hoping to make it a 3rd (and possibly 4th) time.
jeffofreddit@reddit
Didnt look like that for sure
Proof-Astronaut-662@reddit
Agree, I looked so forward to this and was soooo disappointed when the time finally came š¢
zoidbert@reddit
It was a big nothing burger in Southeastern U.S. insofar as I recall. Some said it was the worst sighting on record (how far do the records go back?) but I always wondered if it was worse in 1986 because there was so much light pollution/atmospheric pollution.
Buzz_Osborne@reddit
I was 12
wireknot@reddit
I was 29. I'm holding out for seeing it again, I'll be 104. It's a long shot, but hey... maybe.
Stigger32@reddit
Yep. We saw it in NZ iirc.
Here is some kiwi doods pictures: https://www.donovanimages.co.nz/media/astrophotography/Halley.html
Not_a_fan_of_me@reddit
I was 13. Saw it clearly in rural Iowa
barhb@reddit
Yes!šš»
Seht_001@reddit
1986?
cjasonc@reddit
Yes!
122922@reddit
Yup.
franklyiam@reddit
No. Too dim against the light pollution even though I went miles out of townā¦
refuzeto@reddit
too much cloud cover
KurtStation68@reddit
In Australia, caught on film (one of many gifts to my son).
Passing interests in Astronomy as a result to this day. Then I wondered if I'd still be alive to see its return.
Today I'm just hoping to see Betelgeus will supernova in my lifetime (doubt it).
Sweaty-Possibility-3@reddit
Yes
fictionfactory@reddit
I saw it.
KC5SDY@reddit
I was 14 at the time and missed out. I kept forgetting to go look for it.
Capital-Meringue-164@reddit
Yes, in 4th grade. Hope to see it one more time!
mountnbkr@reddit
Yes. I was 28...
Pristine_Software_55@reddit
snackingsnek@reddit
Saw it, but was much more impressed with Hale Bopp
Logy_@reddit
I saw both, but as I get older I get more nostalgic about Hale-Bopp. Then I remembered that I'm actually thinking about Hanson's "MMMBop."
snackingsnek@reddit
I was waiting for a Hanson reference!!
Logy_@reddit
1997 had it all.
ChoakIsland@reddit
Totally agree. It was spectacular!
klippDagga@reddit
Hale Bopp was impressive! Plus, there was a spaceship hiding behind it.
knoxcos@reddit
This stock photo is wrong (or isnāt Halley). Earthās orientation to Halleyās Comet in ā86 was such that we (on Earth) didnāt get a view of its tail.
āThe 1986 apparition of Halley's Comet was the least favourable on record. In February 1986, the comet and the Earth were on opposite sides of the Sun, creating the worst possible viewing circumstances for Earth observers during the previous 2,000 years.ā - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet
realinvalidname@reddit
No. It was basically on the other side of the sun for most of its return. As the Wikipedia article notes, the 1986 visit had the worst possible viewing opportunities in 2,000 years.
MrBrawn@reddit
I remember it had a lot of hype.
funkympc@reddit
I was 5, all I remember is the matchbox car.
StruggleJealous2878@reddit
Is that a sperm cell on the car
Mudcreek47@reddit
Yep! My parents woke my sister and I up about 1 AM and we drove out to a secluded spot in the country near a church to see if we could see it with binoculars.
We did see it, but it was not impressive at all. It only looked like a small smudge of light to me. That was the first time I remember the news hyping something up. That was just shit.
WileyCoyote7@reddit
Yes, I lived in a very rural part of Oregon and at a friends bday party his dad had a telescope we all used to see it up close. We all āpromisedā weād see the next one, and being 12 at the time, weād be 87 then. Sadly, there are only three of us left out of seven that even have a shot at seeing it, with 35 years still to go.
TheAnalogDuke@reddit
Learned about it in school, heard about it for twenty years leading up to it, when it happened it was the biggest rip off in the history of looking at far away things.
bluealien78@reddit
Yep! My school organized a class trip to somewhere that wasnāt light polluted. There was some expert dude from Jodrell Bank who did a whole stargazing/moon gazing thing with us. Itās actually what started my childhood obsession with space exploration. Core memory for me.
CommissionFeisty9843@reddit
Yup on a chilly night in Fort Fisher NC
nmincone@reddit
You couldnāt miss it. I saw it almost every night. It was up there for awhile.
MaximumJones@reddit
You are thinking of Hale-Bop.
nmincone@reddit
Maybeā¦ they pretty much all look the same.
bulldogsm@reddit
that was Hyakutake, Halleys was quite hard to see with binoculars or telescope
LonelyMachines@reddit
Yep. We'd just moved out of the city into the country, so we were able to go up on a hill and look at it through a telescope.
It was also the inspiration for this world-changing concert.
N0Queso@reddit
Yes! My cousin was in Astronomy at our the local college and he hosted an event at their planetarium. They projected it onto the screen and they got out telescopes for it.
I remember talking about how I'd be old when it comes around again.
fLeXaN_tExAn@reddit
I saw it and remember that camping trip vividly. I just want to live long enough to see it come around again. After that, I'll be ready to check out.
_WillCAD_@reddit
Nope. Too much light pollution where I lived, and never bothered to try getting out into the hinterlands to get a glimpse.
Dan-68@reddit
The comet was cool but dealing with the zombies afterward was a pain.
Neko_Dash@reddit
Itās OK. Theyāre all in government now.
Weird-Ninja8827@reddit
The burden of civilization has fallen upon us.
myleftone@reddit
This remains the number one thing that marks the era for me.
JiveTurkeyII@reddit
My parents went out and saw it. I was super interested but they said it was "Dim and hard to see"
I'll never be sure how much my parents actually liked me to be honest. Silly Boomers.
I DO remember this episode of StarGazer (Star Hustler to some) https://youtu.be/EpQQNJpwyvk?si=sKoWHllcPKtcDDuP
My parents let me watch Doctor Who on Sundays back in the day. Tom Baker Era. And this would come on after. I always loved watching Jack. Cancer took him from us too soon.
Now - I was taking a piss out at Keystone lake and got to see Hale-Bopp by complete surprise.
That was one hell of a site Unforgettable.
Neko_Dash@reddit
Wouldnāt be Keystone Lake out west of Tulsa, would it?
JiveTurkeyII@reddit
That's the place. Old Haunting grounds for my Dad and I.
My Dad liked to sail his Catamaran around Lake Carl Blackwell and Keystone as we had family in the Tulsa area and Stillwater when I was younger.
I was estranged from my dad in '95 (his choice after the divorce, really. New family and all that) So I was on a road trip in the middle of the night with some good friends at the time.
Was out of the car to have a wizz and looked though the trees to see absolute Magic in the Sky.
Neko_Dash@reddit
From Tulsa. My haunts were Keystone, Grand and Spavinaw.
I was at OU when Halleyās came around, and it was hard to see at the timeā¦a real horizon hugger, even in the Cdntral Oklahoma flatlands.
VeritasAgape@reddit
I saw it a whole lot one starry night. Our car broke down and my dad and me walked 13 miles to our house throughout the night when I was a young kid.
PsychoticMessiah@reddit
Yes. I was a Boy Scout and we were camping one weekend. One of our scoutmasters brought a telescope for us to see it a little better. It still looked like a ball of cotton.
Treygp420@reddit
Nope. But, saw this āļøne https://youtu.be/ry0L8tRV9bI?si=nv8xU28LRcodEIm7 āļø
Muggy_Wthr-70@reddit
Went on a Peace River camping trip with bunch of friends. Hubby brought a telescope waking us up at 2am. It was fuzzy but we saw it!! Agree about Halle Bop & saw clearer from home.
psgrue@reddit
Waited in line at a university observatory for like 45 minutes. Looked for about 15 seconds and said ācoolā or something equally teenaged. It was cool. I wasnāt terribly enthusiastic.
Potential-Employer9@reddit
We saw it. It was a neighborhood thing to watch it. Lots of drunk moms and dads.
bondaroo@reddit
I happened to be in Chile in early 1986 and saw it from the Atacama desert. Quite the experience. I just googled, and apparently that was the best place in the world to see it from.
Jerry-Lives22@reddit
Only people talking about it, I donāt think we saw it
regeya@reddit
Where I grew up it was cloudy almost the entire time it was visible.
Historical_Nail7271@reddit
It's coming back 2061. I might be dead. Comet Hale Bop is the one I really remember..... Heavens Gate and all that. š¾š¾š¾š¾š¾
ZeroCalorieCoffee@reddit
Was wondering when I was going to see a Heavenās Gate mention ā¦!
ReflectionFeeling216@reddit
I don't, um, remember the '80s. (Quietly heads for the door.)
Smurfybabe@reddit
I remember my dad taking me to see it because he wouldn't be here the next time it came around, but that I might be. Don't remember actually seeing it though, I was 7.
R1T-wino@reddit
Had a great view of it from the Philippines!
quackman2025@reddit
Nope, it was overcast/raining the entire time.
Neko_Dash@reddit
Barely.
ChadTitanofalous@reddit
'Twas dim, but I saw it.
Reapr@reddit
Nope, it was cloudy - all I saw was a bright blob behind the clouds
I'll be 91 when it comes around again
oof
A_Gray_Old_Man@reddit
You can do it!
New-Job1761@reddit
Yes. Hale-Bopp was far more impressive.
Fish-Weekly@reddit
I tried. I failed.
Aggravating-Loss1805@reddit
I was in fourth grade when I seen it.
cromulenttapeworm@reddit
Saw it for the love of God does anyone know how to use seen, saw? We're doomed.
Aggravating-Loss1805@reddit
Oh my god misused words! Stop the sub ! Get over it using saw seems like Iām cutting wood.
cromulenttapeworm@reddit
That's a different saw but I wouldn't expect you to understand that. Keep on being proudly ignorant, it's why the country is where it is.
Aggravating-Loss1805@reddit
Yeah itās because of grammar. Or itās the grammar Nazis just killing someoneās post about a comet. Just to pull themselves up from the their own misery and depression.
nvdagirl@reddit
I saw it from the top of Mt Diablo in Northern California. Donāt remember much about the comet but we had a great time getting there and hanging out.
Unusual-Ask5047@reddit
Mark twain was born the year it appeared and died the year of its next occurrence.
rbrumble@reddit
I was so looking forward to it but when it came is was pretty meh. Hale Bopp on the other hand, that was everything the '86 Halley's wasn't. One night when it was it's brightest, I was finishing off the first term in my undergrad, and it was a cold, clear night. As we all exited the exam building, people were looking up and gasping - the comet and tail together seemed like they took up 1/3 of the visible sky, it was an amazing sight.
Bookishly_o_O@reddit
Same experience. We drove out to a field, looked, and gasped! Incredible. Halleyās was a fuzzy ball for us, but Hale Bpo was a damn comet!
SarahJoy46@reddit
I did! My parents drove us outside of town where someone had set up a viewing place to get away from light pollution.
housevil@reddit
It was cloudy that week. The next time it comes around again, if it isn't cloudy, I will probably be dead.
Equivalent_Yogurt_58@reddit
Yep. I lived out in the country at the time so it was nice and dark.
Got on top of the roof of our milk barn and just stared up at the sky.
I was 13 at the time.
mrkrag@reddit
Saw it from the Dunedin causeway. Mom took me out there to avoid the lights, with my crappy plastic Tasco telescope.
Got lucky and ran into a serious stargazer with a real scope and got a good look.
I remember being told that I was fortunate enough to be born at just the right time to (potentially) see it twice in my life.
azhockeyfan@reddit
This brings back so many memories!! My mom and I went down to Organ Pipe National Monument and the view was spectacular. I just laid on a lawn chair and looked up for hours. There was an old woman there that had seen it the last time around, told me when I saw it next time look for her riding on its tail. I am lucky to be one of the few that might see it twice.
shawn96lx@reddit
Wasnāt Haleyās comet in 96?
I remember following it while I was driving through the Rockies from California to Minneapolis!
Beneficial-Cow-2544@reddit
Passed on it. Wasn't interested.
nopost23632@reddit
I tried to find it, but I couldnāt. I was also 11 at the time. However, I saw Hyakutake out in the rural parts of Alabama quite clearly.
TotalRecognition2191@reddit
I had a swatch watch with the comet on it.
PureOrange7049@reddit
I did see it. Our school had a program where they took you to sleepover camp for a week each year and my classās week just happened to be the week Halleyās Comet was going to make an appearance. I remember it still being really cold, so they bundled us all up and took us on hike up to the top of a big hill and gave us all binoculars so we could see it. It was honestly kind of underwhelming, but Iām glad I got to see it then. Iāll be 80 the next time it passes if Iām even still alive.
Vivid_Personality_66@reddit
Yes
altairstarlite@reddit
Had been looking forward to it, but it was a letdown. Hale-Bopp made up for it.
Ryokurin@reddit
I remember that my dad and I tried, but it was in our backyard in a mid sized city, and our backyard streetlamp didn't help. I'd be almost 82 the next time around.
SmallBarnacle1103@reddit
Me too, we lived in Denver and the city lights blocked out any view. I'll be 83 when it comes back.
DynamiteWitLaserBeam@reddit
I was eleven and could see it clearly from my back yard. I was disappointed later in life to find out 1) not everywhere had such dark skies as where I grew up, and 2) comets flying by was not a common thing.
m149@reddit
Yup, I saw it. Pretty unremarkable other than that I knew it was Halley's.
Mom woke us all up at 3am to go climb a hill out in the woods about a mile from home.
Gold_Dig2200@reddit
Yes! We went out to a field in Jacksonville FL and I remember it was freezing cold and we had hot chocolate and looked through telescopes. I have this is one as a vivid memory from childhood
kermitsfrogbog@reddit
No. I could never see it. Even when the adults tried pointing it out.
I did catch Hale-Bopp in the 90s late one night in its spectacular glory. After that one night it was visible but not as big. I wish I could see that again.
Pachanish@reddit
Yes I was a child in London when I saw it ...it was a portent celestial omen that adulthood would suck till my dying day when it returns in 2061.
fallcreekprepper@reddit
yea, but it wasn't much to see from where I was. The sky wasn't clear and the lights nearby didn't help either.
VegasBjorne1@reddit
Somewhat of a disappointment compared to lesser known comets I witnessed before and since.
Although that night I stumbled across a couple of bike thieves who scurried off, then shot at me from across the parking lot. The glass electrical meter cover behind me shattered.
That was more memorable than the comet, and maybe part of the bad luck that comets bring.
custermustache@reddit
I did. I was given a telescope for Christmas the year before so I wouldnāt miss it.
Mexicali76@reddit
My parents did the same for me.
WilliePullout@reddit
I did but I remember it being kinda greenish blue
dcpanthersfan@reddit
It was cloudy/overcast where I lived so I missed it. :(
Kimber80@reddit
I saw a very faint smudge through a Planetarium telescope that the guide *said* was Halley's Comet, but it was a smudge, looked nothing like that sweeping beauty pictured above.
To me, the hype was a big bust, like the bust over "Comet Kahoutek" in 1973.
bluecyanic@reddit
Hale-bopp was amazing and clearly visible for days.
Kimber80@reddit
Yeah, and the funny thing is that while, in 1973 and 1986 I spent a lot of time actively looking for Kahoutek and Halley, and never could see them, I didn't do so for Hale-Bopp. I just remember getting out of my car after returning home from work one early evening and WOW, there was the comet in all its glory, big tail sweeping behind it and everything, in the twilight.
OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit
My family went on a Spring Break vacation throughout Texas in 1986, so we saw it while driving out of the Chisos Mountains at night in Big Bend National Park.
(not my photo, but a representation of what the night sky looks like at Big Bend)
Open_Mortgage_4645@reddit
I did. I was in 5th grade at a science and environmental camp and the comet was the big talk of the whole trip. Very cool to see.
Mr_Angry52@reddit
My grandfather and I drove to a nature preserve to see it. He brought hot chocolate in a thermos. And I got the Halleyās Comet matchbox card to remember the event.
I did see it. How and who I saw it with I remember far more than the actual comet.
CooperHenry19@reddit
Drove three hours (with three other friends) to watch from an ideal spot. We ended up falling asleep and had to drive three hours back homeā¦missed the whole damn thing.
drfulci@reddit
I looked for it. Where we lived there were trees everywhere. An empty lot across the street was almost like a forest. I have a vague memory of seeing something, but itās more likely I looked for it when it was supposed to be there & the tree line absurd the cure.
Ivotedforher@reddit
I figured i would see it next time.
Critical-Range1213@reddit
Vaguely, I was 10. I remember hale bopp a lot better
Zealousideal-Ice-814@reddit
Yes, I'll be 88 when it returns in 2061, that is if I'm still kicking!
rollsyrollsy@reddit
Yes. Saw it from Australia but it was nowhere near this dramatic. It really just looked like 3-4 stars in a row.
Ok-Acanthisitta-8384@reddit
Yes i saw it on tv
jaxbravesfan@reddit
Yes. My dad woke me and my brother up at like 2AM, drove us an hour out to the middle of nowhere away from light pollution and we viewed it through a telescope. We were really hoping to get the day off of school after that, but nope. He drove us back home, cooked us pancakes for breakfast, and sent us off to school.
peter303_@reddit
Yes. Spring break trip to Joshua Tree park.
AdditionalTip865@reddit
Yes, I saw it with binoculars in the fall of 1985 when it was visible in the evening, and then after perihelion in 1986 when it required getting up before dawn. The apparition was not great for viewing from Earth; other comets since then were far more impressive, particularly Hale-Bopp in 1997 which was a beautiful bright naked-eye object.
Mallev@reddit
Yeah I saw it from the UK. Remember wondering if Iād see it again next time and working out how old I would be.
Ok-Entertainment5045@reddit
Yeah, I saw it
sorenelf@reddit
All the streetlights were turned off at a certain time in Brisbane, so we could hopefully get a better look. We were seniors in high school, I remember a bunch of us climbing on a mates flat garage roof with binoculars, and we got quite a good view. Looked like a fuzzy ping pong ball.
PaleEmpress414@reddit
My family āchasedā Haleyās comet on a trip across the USA in a Winnebago to try to view it in all the National Parks (dark places) and the place we saw it the best was my Grandmaās front yard in Tucson. š¤£š
vargo911@reddit
Yes I did I even had a science project based off of Halley's comet for the science Fair. I got 2nd place
Worth_Fondant3883@reddit
Yep, was flatting in NZ and remember all us flatmates out on the lawn in the middle of the night. Was a bit underwhelming but we did appreciate what we were watching. There is a slim chance I will catch it next time.
far_out_son_of_lung@reddit
My parents bought me and my twin tickets to view it from an airplane. I only saw a faint glimpse of it through binoculars but the whole experience was cool.
graspedbythehusk@reddit
Sure did, didnāt look anything like this.
Dad took us out to a paddock in the middle of nowhere at about 3am. Looked like a slightly larger star.
Was about 9, hopefully get to see it again before I go.
snapper1971@reddit
Yes. It was nice to see.
Im_the_Rhymenocerous@reddit
We took a trip to Hawaii and got up at zero dark thirty to see it. I was ten.
nejicanspin@reddit
I wasn't born yet but it's next approach is 2061 šššš
no_crust_buster@reddit
Yep! 2nd grade, our teacher reminded us all the time. š
We talked about how old we would be the next time, in 2061. I may not see it the next time, lol.
MaddMango68@reddit
My group of friends had the same conversation and the same realization.
MaddMango68@reddit
Yes, visited my local, Florida beach around 5am to see it with my dad's binoculars before I had to get to morning swim practice in high school.
majestration@reddit
I was 14. Went outside at night to get firewood, looked up and there she was. I stood watching it for a few minutes. Marveled that that moment may be a once in a lifetime for our entire generation...then went inside to watch Cheers or Alf or something.
Ihaveaboot@reddit (OP)
In respect - same here.
unloosedcoin@reddit
Yep, I lived rural south Australia and woke up for a pee and saw the front door open. Mum was staring in the sky then we spoke about weird space stuff for ages. I was 11 and I'm not sure if I'll see it again
Dont_Care_Meh@reddit
I was 14, I clearly remember the buildup. All the news shows had gushing scientists who were so fired up about it, and historian types linking it to events, books and magazine articles everywhere.
Mom and I went to go see it, couldn't. We just couldn't. We were expecting something like OPs picture, so it was a good lesson in what hype is. And given all that, we felt like we missed being part of something truly historicaly significant.
I did manage to see a rather spectacular one a few years ago that did not disappoint. My kids will hopefully do the same, and remember me.
Nervous-Till4096@reddit
It was up there like a huge sky smudge for weeks!! Thatās why we have so many Gen Z Haley namesā¦
PugFarmer00@reddit
Yes and I drove out to the mohave dessert to get a better view and then blew a freeze plug on the way back. A memorable night.
shotsallover@reddit
Yes. And I was enough to think and hope that medical technology would be good enough to let me see it again. But nope. Unlikely at this point.Ā
DeltaLimaWhiskey@reddit
I raked leaves all fall to save up to buy a telescope that ended up just being a cheap piece of crap. Luckily, my best friendās dad was in the Army and had some seriously cool / powerful binoculars. He took us out to the middle of nowhere one night late and we were able to see it- barely.
There was another comet years later in college (Hale-Bopp? Canāt recall the name- just the cultists who committed suicide thinking it was some free ride to eternity) but I could see that clearly for weeks in the early mornings with my naked eye on the way to a 6am study group before my 8am biochemistry class. (Yeah. I was a nerd.)
Was beautiful though. I remember stopping one morning in the middle of the quad sitting down and staring for a while- and getting teary because it was so freakinā beautiful. (Thereās a non-zero chance I was still rolling on ecstasy soā¦. Do with that what you will.)
Hopsape@reddit
I did and it looked nothing like that photo. We went out at like 330 am to the middle of nowhere north of where we lived. We used binoculars and a little telescope I had received for Christmas a few years before. It was almost impossible to see with the naked eye. It was a vague fuzzy spot in the sky with a barely discernable tail and and no real definition- and that was via magnification.
Though the telescope or the binoculars were not particularly state of the art, I was still pretty disappointed considering all the hoopla surrounding it's arrival. Movies, news stories and specials heralded it's arrival like some long awaited cultural touchstone that would change your life upon witnessing. My great aunt had seen it on its previous visit and told us about how dazzlingly bright and profound it's presence had been when she was a girl in 1910.
Maybe the buildup and hype led us to believe it would be more spectacular but it wasn't. I'm proud I get to say I saw it, but I've seen more visually interesting comets since.
Ihaveaboot@reddit (OP)
Same experience here. It was a smudge of light on the horizon.
The rarity of it makes it cool to witness, but there are other things on my bucket list I'd rather see.
gopgopchippers@reddit
I was 8 my family and I went to OBX (back before it was a tourist magnet)we were out on the point may miles away from city lights it was awesome
Evening_Ad_1099@reddit
I think s5
rhionaeschna@reddit
I remember being able to see it from the backyard.
thumpingcoffee@reddit
Yes. Woke up one morning at 4am and walked out of town with binoculars. Good view
OstentatiousIt@reddit
My dad woke me up at 3 am and took me out of town so we could see it. That was also the first morning I was allowed to drink coffee so it was a big day all around.
Some_Yak_257@reddit
Saw it in Austrlia
Queasy-Band-1066@reddit
Yeh... It went right over my head.
Ihaveaboot@reddit (OP)
/angryupvote
Burner70820@reddit
I donāt think I actually saw it live, but I did contribute to a time capsule at the local planetarium in the run up to the comet. I was 8 years old.
Hope I make it to 84 and have my wits about me to remember to show up when they open the capsule!
Due-Brush-530@reddit
I remember going to see it from a parking lot. My grandfather insisted, but we only had binoculars, so it was just a star in the sky. But it always stuck with me, and now every object that flies through our space, I make my kids look.