Tough one, very hard to rate one over the other, but this is probably how I would look at it. These are the key events I have witnessed.
Chronological:
- Comet Ikea/Seki 1965
- SN 1987a
- Shoemaker/Levy 9 1994
- Comet Hyakutake 1996
- Comet Hale/Bopp 1997
- Leonids, Miles 2001
- Total Solar Eclipse Ceduna 2002
- Venus Transit, Exmouth 2004
- The Great Comet 2007 (McNaught)
- Total Lunar Eclipse August 2007
- The Queensland Astrofest
Top Ten:
- The Queensland Astrofest (Come on! It happens EVERY year
)
- Comet Ikea/Seki
- Total Solar Eclipse Ceduna 2002, Venus Transit 2004
- Leonids 2001
- The Great Comet 2007
- Shoemaker/Levy 9
- SN 1987a
- Comet Hyakutake
- Hale/Bopp
- Total Lunar Eclipse August 2007
Cheers
Tony