My 50th observed comet FINALLY!

[Outbackmanyep]

I found 81P this morning which makes #50 on my list......YIPPEE for me! :D

[Paddy]

Quite and achievement - congratulations!

[fringe_dweller]

i feel tired just thinking about the effort dedication and patience required to do that! well done mate :2thumbs:

(even if you do live at a dark site almost, for visual, which is cheating btw lol :P )

[xstream]

Excellent achievement Chris, congratulations!

[rogerg]

Congrats :thumbsup: it's good to have milestones like that and great to achieve them :thumbsup:

do you remember what your first comet observation was?

[jjjnettie]

:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
Congratulations! Well Done!
Here's to the next 50. :cheers:

[spacezebra]

Well done Chris!

Cheers Petra d.

[Liz]

Woohoo :thumbsup::thumbsup: Well done, OBM, wonderful achievement.

[fringe_dweller]

where is he the outback and the comet blue text gone? looking for no 51?
of course I was also thinking that each of those 50 where probably observed on at least 50 different occasions each by Chris I am guessing :eyepop:

[Outbackmanyep]

Thanks everyone for their kind words, my first was 1P/ Halley in May 1986, i was 7, and its what kicked me off in Astronomy.

Theres been a lot of faint ones in there, one that i have observed twice is 73P/ S-W 3, in 1996 and 2005.
My favourite was P1 McNaught obviously, unfortunately i didn't start following comets again until 2004, i had seen the bright ones in between.
The most eerie comet was 17P/ Holmes......i couldn't describe the feeling, it was totally different from P1.

Alan Hale (of Hale-Bopp fame) is counting down to his 500th comet, he only needs 20 or so, i however have a LONG way to go! :thumbsup:

[glenc]

Congratulations Chris. :thumbsup: Holmes was certainly a strange one.

[Terry B]

Well done Chris.
:thumbsup:

[gary]

Hi Chris,

Well done! Hope to see you up at Coona again at some time in the
near future ... certainly well before 22P comes back for its next time around. :)

Best regards

Gary

[Kevnool]

I allways see you putting in all about comets in your posts so it is a sterling effort to reach 50, Dont stop there tho.
Cheers Kev.