/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.6458879]

>see Cosmos ep 3
>says halley's comet visited in the 80s
>search for home videos or even pics of it
>cant find any
Is the comet not visible to the naked eye from the ground or what? I'm not interested in the space probes or ground observatories with their powerful telescopes.

[Anonymous No.6458897]

>>6458879
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet
>Halley's returns to the inner Solar System have been observed and recorded by astronomers since at least 240 BC. Clear records of the comet's appearances were made by Chinese, Babylonian, and medieval European chroniclers, but were not recognized as reappearances of the same object at the time. The comet's periodicity was first determined in 1705 by English astronomer Edmond Halley, after whom it is now named.

If that's true, it must be visible with the naked eye. In the 80's some people might have gotten pics or home vid (and they might have needed to go outside cities to get away from 'light pollution'), but only a few of them would - many years later - upload that shit to the web.
I'll bet there is some original non-telescopic record but it might be hard to find.

[Anonymous No.6458907]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKrK0GS3gTU

did you use bing or something?

[Anonymous No.6458914]

>>6458907
moot told OP to use duckduckgo

[Anonymous No.6458935]

>>6458907
Naw, I just happened to close that video a few seconds in. Trying to flip thru a bunch of vids, no patience.

[Anonymous No.6458946]

>>6458935
ITT, OP has childlike patience and complains to /sci/

[Anonymous No.6459142]

Non 'Murican here

How was the reaction of religious people to that evolution episode?

[Anonymous No.6459769]

>>6459142
Most people don't care, but as with virtually any issue, a very angry, vocal minority always manages to find something to bitch about.