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charliehustles t1_jdtsoks wrote

Reply to comment by FastWalkingShortGuy in Photo of the comet Hale-Bopp above a tree on 29 March 1997. Wikipedia Picture of the day on May 27, 2008. Source Wikipedia. by Aeromarine_eng

They actually make me feel optimistic for the future. I was a young teen when they came through and vividly remember them. They were amazing and definitely lit a spark in me and my love for astronomy.

While the schedule of known comets close to the grandeur of those two might be light for the next century, I still have faith that we’ll get another surprise great one. Hale Bopp was spotted about 2 years before arrival and Hyakutake came blazing in only 2 months after being spotted. If anything they demonstrated that big guys can just show up from nowhere.

Worst case I’ll hopefully live to 80ish and see Haileys, which of course I’m still sour about, because it last visited when I was a toddler. Too young to remember.

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jackp0t789 t1_jdv9l52 wrote

>While the schedule of known comets close to the grandeur of those two might be light for the next century, I still have faith that we’ll get another surprise great one.

Well, this one may have some potential, but like many newly discovered incoming comets, it may end up being another dud or burn up when it gets closer to the sun.

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