{"id":30370,"date":"2012-09-26T22:38:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T04:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/a-comets-tale.html"},"modified":"2012-09-26T22:38:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T04:38:49","slug":"a-comets-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/a-comets-tale.html","title":{"rendered":"A Comet&#39;s Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will it be the brightest thing since sliced bread? \u00a0Er, since, oh, Halley&#39;s Comet back when we didn&#39;t all live in light-polluting cities? \u00a0We&#39;ll know in a year &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fregmedia.co.uk%2F2012%2F09%2F26%2Fbayeaux_tapestry_halleys_comet.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2012\/09\/26\/new_comet_may_outshine_moon\/'>Blazing new comet may OUTSHINE THE MOON in 2013 \u2022 The Register<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAstroboffins have spotted a new comet that&#39;s scheduled to make its earthly appearance in November 2013, blazing through the night skies with a brightness that could well outshine the full Moon. 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