[no-to-illegals]

Quite a letdown.

Agreement, regarding Halley's Comet. That one was taught for years, in school, that it (the comet) would be spectacular. What a disappointment. Was told over and over it will be visible with the naked eye. Then it was not. Disappointment out the wazzooo!

[X-spurt]

Guess it depended on where you were. Halley's was distinctly visible, although small, naked eye. Would have been a killer to see it when we passed though the tail in 1830’s.

[BenLurkin]

I saw Halley's Comet with the naked eye (and an inexpensive pair of binoculars) from a spot in the desert near Joshua Tree.

It was just before sunrise, and the Eastern sky was already beginning to turn light, but the comet was up there looking like a big flashlight beam in the sky. The comet itself appeared to big almost the same size as the moon. Good thing I had got up to take a leak, or I would have missed it.