A Long, Slow U-turn

Last week Halley’s comet was at its furthest point from the sun and started heading back in.

Halley’s comet was the biggest thing ever when I was in elementary school. The actual event turned out to be something of a damp squib; we never actually manged to see it, and not for lack of truing. To faint, to close to the horizon.

It’ll be back in 2061; I hope I get to take a second swing at it.