Feeling Freaked Out and Small by a Fuel Dump

I was leaving Maria's house on the evening of December 10, (Monday), and looked up and was sure that I spotted the Comet 17P Holmes.  It was so bright!  And right up there in the middle of the sky!  I had heard that the comet would be visible for months, and had looked for it previously when Budd and I went to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving, but we never saw it. 

So, last night, Budd and I went back to the very same spot where I saw this object in the sky, and it wasn't there.  We drove to open fields, looked everywhere in the clear night sky until I thought my neck would snap.

Today, I found this blog entry from the Morehead Planetarium - what I thought was Comet 17P Holmes was a fuel dump that lasted 50 minutes.  It was a spectacular site.  I haven't been able to find any pictures of it on those Internets.  I'm glad to know what it was, because Budd thought I was a few sandwiches shy of a picnic when I swore to him that the comet was there, it hadn't left, and I had seen it with my own two eyes.  Now we just have to go try and find Comet 17P, Holmes.  If you've seen it, let me know.

Comments

[Billy The Blogging Poet]

Tina said, "I'm glad to know what it was, because Budd thought I was a few sandwiches shy of a picnic when I swore to him that the comet was there, it hadn't left, and I had seen it with my own two eyes."

That's still not proof that you're not a few sandwiches shy of a picnic. After all, you're hanging out with Budd and I. ;-)