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Show f The Sampler, June 20, 1985 v , i .: m m a tr n m ri bv Steve W. RImI i- ASL Met Team Next year promises to be .i brightness at its greatest brilliancy range from that of the brightest stars to barely exciting year for the J1 fields of astronomy and space exploration. In January, Voyager 2 will make a historic of Uranus affording usflyby our first closeup look at this perplexing planet and its dark rings. After this flyby, will move to a 1989 Voyager encoun- ter, with Neptune to com- o ttj a jv-- . visible to the unaided eye Overall, Halley will prob-ffl- y concentrated into a point image while that of a comet is spread out in a fuzzy glow the stormiest time of the ter. In addition, bright moonlight will also interfere during the critical period as will the weather since Halley will oe at us ongntest in April - plete the program. By mid year, the 94 inch for excitement Southern Hemisphere, but for those of us who remain year at Dugway. But don't despair! Comet Halley won't be around again until the year 2061, so you should make every effort to see this, the most famous comet of them all! The prospects for viewing Comet Halley at Dugway are not too good, but something to try to see. Halley will put us oesi snow in the with low surface brightness. At its brightest, Halley will be very low in the southern sky and lose much of its lus- e as bright as the Pole Star, at its Polaris, est. However, to saybrightthat Halley will be as bright as Polaris does NOT mean that it will be as easy to see as Polaris! The light from a star is Hubble Space Telescope is projected to be placed in orbit to begin a 15 year study program that could push pur view to the observable limits of the Universe. In July, Mars will come closer to us than at any time since 1971. But perhaps the most interesting event of the year, as far as the general public is concerned, is the second passage of Comet Halley (rhymes with Sally) through the inner solar system of the 20th century. Within a period of under 76 years, Comet just Hal-- . ley makes four perihelion (the point in the path of a celestial body that is nearest to the sun) passages three centuries, the lastevery time it passed perihelion twice in the same century was in the i w scope can be quite difficult to use and move around. here, future articles in the Sampler will cover how and where to find the comet Unless you to use it for something plan other than co- At its largest, Halley's head will be about one-thir- d the apparent size of the moon while the tail will span 30-5- about 0 times the apparent size of the moon. Sweeping with a good pair of 7x50 or 10x50 binoculars will provide very pleasing views of the comet at that time. met watching and know your way around the skyj a telescope is not the most suitable instrument to view Halley with. For the uninitiated, a good sized tele : IK V. '.1. GO Albertsons . ... ... .T ,'J.'I . win a Trip To Hawaii! Golden Efci?us Apples 2 Free Trips For 2 Will Be SXf1 Away During The Sky concert At Extra Fancy School Boy Size iffi MDMOM Seedless Grapes lb. 17th century. U.S. NO. 1 Then, the events trans- pired that gave the comet its name. Sir Edward Halley then began applying the newly formulated physical laws and w gad fame Seedless crapts mathematical concepts of his sometime friend and rival, Sir Isaac Newton, to the problem of determining cometary orbits. to O o California Tree Ripe 1 Beef Chuck steaf: 7BoneRamiiv Rack 4 steaks Giaco-bini-Zinn- er HDtttAMy find much less see. 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But, unfortunately, the cir- cumstances of Comet Halley s forthcoming passage are about as unfavorable as have ever been for they viewing it from the Northern Hemisphere. In fact, anyone trying to view the comet from the light and air polluted skies of any lair sized city in the Fryer Drumsticfis Fresh Grade A iold. Pka. SAVE 29" U9. Or More of them will be apathy, a U.S. spacecraft k Steers JIillHIF tical antipathy and public none srr' ;. 't Cucumbers Creen 1 US. No. 1 Long rs4TTH. When the comet did appear, it was named in honor of the man who first determined its orbit and made the first prediction of a a periodic comet return of Now, 300 or so years later, Comet Halley is about to be involved in another historic event as four space probes will make the first close up measurements and photographs of a major active comet Unfortunately, due to poli- '."V? Concert Details. 1530-3- 1. would not live to see it ley! 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