New visual comet discovery by Levy

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chrisyeo
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New visual comet discovery by Levy

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I actually find it quite amazing that a comet was discovered VISUALLY on Monday by David Levy! It's his first visual discovery in 12 years.

http://skytonight.com/news/home/4306207.html
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Kudos to David! He still has got his touch after all these years!
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Good grief! His 'finderscope' is an 8-incher!
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kayheem wrote:Good grief! His 'finderscope' is an 8-incher!
wow...an 8" refractor too!
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