tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post8798585908250052847..comments2024-03-26T11:03:45.486+00:00Comments on Let us Talk of Many Things; of Books and Queens and Pirates, of Mystery and Kings...: The Sunday Break: A strange star in the sky...Helen Hollickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-67897232249071611162016-04-10T18:27:34.854+00:002016-04-10T18:27:34.854+00:00:-):-)Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-44184563080145815822016-04-10T18:27:10.830+00:002016-04-10T18:27:10.830+00:00Thanks Loretta!Thanks Loretta!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-50778593843995668792016-04-10T18:26:48.755+00:002016-04-10T18:26:48.755+00:00Thanks Victoria - I'll keep my blog readers up...Thanks Victoria - I'll keep my blog readers up to date with Nigel's space exploits!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-18061100535496048282016-04-10T18:25:35.901+00:002016-04-10T18:25:35.901+00:00well not really Sunday, the post was prepared and ...well not really Sunday, the post was prepared and scheduled! Nigel's really busy so might not be able to get back to answer comments, so your dream is safe!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-43321672298399232252016-04-10T18:23:37.072+00:002016-04-10T18:23:37.072+00:00I've always been fascinated Mary - although li...I've always been fascinated Mary - although limited by short sight and now failing sight. It is SO annoying that I now live in Devon where there are no street lights nearby and a sky studded with stars - and I can't see them clearly :-/Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-59271386901417304092016-04-10T18:16:11.106+00:002016-04-10T18:16:11.106+00:00I wonder if the 'doom' prophecy came after...I wonder if the 'doom' prophecy came after October 1066 though - after all a star was a sign of hope and joy for the birth of Christ. Did the English think the comet was a symbol of doom for the Normans - who thought vice-versa of course!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-88367606758990608992016-04-10T18:13:42.624+00:002016-04-10T18:13:42.624+00:00What amazed me about the Tapestry when I saw it se...What amazed me about the Tapestry when I saw it several years ago was how vibrant the colours still are! Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-59574063966278413692016-04-10T18:12:33.442+00:002016-04-10T18:12:33.442+00:00Same here Anna!Same here Anna!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-28533842134397111202016-04-10T16:50:14.059+00:002016-04-10T16:50:14.059+00:00Ooops, that was supposed to be a smiley face, not ...Ooops, that was supposed to be a smiley face, not question marks. Sorry. I'll remember not to put emojis on next time.Loretta Livingstonehttp://www.treasurechestbooks.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-81889542206719852872016-04-10T16:44:55.801+00:002016-04-10T16:44:55.801+00:00Fascinating post. ��Fascinating post. ��Loretta Livingstonehttp://www.treasurechestbooks.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-88168752038831692562016-04-10T15:48:58.741+00:002016-04-10T15:48:58.741+00:00Great post. I saw the comet in Finsbury Park very ...Great post. I saw the comet in Finsbury Park very clearly. I was amazed because rather stupidly I hadn't thought it would be that clear what it was with the naked eye. I was thrilled. Concorde was the most beautiful plane and used to fly over where I live now in SW London. Incidentally as a child growing up in Oxford I used to walk past Halley's - I'm not sure if it was his house or observatory near Hertford Bridge. Good luck with your space plans how very exciting! Victoria Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858760825697083275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-34311567497236722522016-04-10T13:09:44.501+00:002016-04-10T13:09:44.501+00:00I saw it ( think)!
Late January 1986, we were lyin...I saw it ( think)!<br />Late January 1986, we were lying in the cockpit of our sailboat--anchored behind Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Archipelago 450 nm South of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico--staring wide-eyed up into the southern night sky at what we hoped was a faint Halley's Comet. Foreboding? A couple of days later, we learned through the buzz on the ham net about the tragic Challenger Space Shuttle explosion...<br />If that time of year was wrong for us having seen the Comet, please don't take my memory away, Nigel; and thanks for a great article.<br /><br />Helen, you come up with the most wonderful things for us to read - and that on a Sunday!Inge H. Borghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-47296169627649385672016-04-10T12:12:35.659+00:002016-04-10T12:12:35.659+00:00When I was a child, I wanted to be an astronomer. ...When I was a child, I wanted to be an astronomer. There's something about the immense mystery above us that I find very compelling. Then, when you add in the bizarre theories in modern physics, all you have to do is look upward to find yourself in the twilight zone. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364656559723653052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-831856389524360532016-04-10T10:51:42.299+00:002016-04-10T10:51:42.299+00:00How terrifying these things must have seemed in th...How terrifying these things must have seemed in the days before we knew what they were. A comet in 976 also seemed to presage 'doom' - and famine and civil war followed. People were terrified. But reading this, it suddenly becomes not frightening, but interesting and scientific (although still largely incomprehensible to me, who cannot get her 'head round' space at all!)Annie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-39977943873006017822016-04-10T09:52:35.853+00:002016-04-10T09:52:35.853+00:00Fascinating article, and I'm glad you included...Fascinating article, and I'm glad you included the picture of the tapestry. I used to do cross stitch and quilt with my grandmother so I really enjoy seeing needlework, especially pieces with historical significance. <br /> <br />Alexandra Norlandhttp://alexandranorland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-21520168108380096252016-04-10T09:08:08.421+00:002016-04-10T09:08:08.421+00:00While I am an avid star gazer, I have never yearne...While I am an avid star gazer, I have never yearned for outer space but I rather liked the Concorde chasing Comet anecdote :)Anna Belfragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159728310623757488noreply@blogger.com