I remember at one stage JB talking on c-ml about a period where the ion tail (no head) could be possibly be observed as a bright laser beam type thing poking over the horizon (at a low angle) for a brief time during perihilion, was this also forward scattering/same time? sorry i have forgotten what he said
pity about the new moon waxing in evening sky for latter part of jan
looking forward to it becoming circumpolar/allnighter in feb also
