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inbound toward the sun
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increasing brightness
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nearly lost in the setting sun
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below horizon-approaching sun rapidly
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swinging around sun
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perihelion! closest approach to sun!
halley is 89 mil km from sun
swinging around back side of sun
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outward bound away from sun
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entering earth's neighborhood
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soviet vega i probe / dx = 10000 km
photos and data from vega 1
japan's planet a probe / dx=100000 km
soviet vega ii probe / dx = 3-10000 km
more photos and news from probes
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esa giotto probe /dx = 500 km (close!)
dramatic closeup photos from giotto
halley drawing closer to earth
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nasa i.c.e. probe / dx = 3 mil km
halley closing in rapidly on earth
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halley best seen from s.hemisphere
halley reaches closest point to earth!
halley is 63 mil km from earth
halley best seen from s.hemisphere
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halley visible again in n.hemisphere
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halley outward bound into solar system
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halley is rapidly dimming
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too faint to see with the naked eye
see w/ binocular or telescope til july
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see ya again in the summer of 2061!