Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Professor Meghan Gray discusses the Great Comet of 1997, Hale-Bopp. Also known less grandiosely as C/1995 O1. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓

Circular about Hale-Bopp's discovery: http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/06100/06187.html#Item1

JWST Observations of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at 46 au: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022DPS....5430902K/abstract

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Brady visits Messier's grave: youtu.be/W3-hwKQqy0I

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