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  • Comet Hartley 2 close, but hard to see

    10/25/2010 4:38:15 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 5 replies
    Baltimore Sun ^ | October 21, 2010 | Frank D. Roylance
    A greenish comet named 103P/Hartley 2 flew within 11 million miles of the Earth on Wednesday, one of the closest approaches by a comet in centuries. But hardly anyone is likely to see it until a Maryland-led NASA mission sends a spacecraft past on Nov. 4. While the comet has been visible in the northern sky for weeks, it has been a difficult target for backyard stargazers, especially in light-polluted suburban skies. "This is probably one of the best comets of the year," said Armen Caroglanian, a member of an employees' astronomy club at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center....