Shouldn't…but Do

What is not to love about a comet?

Check out comet PanSTARRS this month, thought to be fresh from the Oort cloud and skittling through this neck of the woods for the first time.  The Oort cloud is nursery of sorts, theorized to lie just beyond our solar system, that gives rise to long-period comets like Hale-Bopp and Halley’s.

We saw PanSTARRS last night and it was thrilling, hanging in the sunset.   Once hoped to be a naked-eye event, binoculars are best here, it was a beauty.

Stars and astronomical phenomena are always a wonderful reminder of all that lies beyond us.  Comet PanSTARRS is passing through, just like us.  Happy viewing.