McNaught-Hartley

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Science, science everywhere. Yesterday we had rat dissection in Anat& Phys lab. It was much less disturbing than I thought it was going to be. They must have changed the type of fluid used to preserve them because the smell was much less offensive than I remembered.
This evening I dragged CK out of work early to travel to the top of the west hills. We got a great vantage point from Council Crest park to view the comet. I'd say there were about 300 other people braving the cold like troopers. CK didn't say one word about the cold until the comet disappeared behind the horizon, then she made a bee-line towards the truck and turned the heater on full blast. Comet viewing taught me I need some better optics. My field glasses are woefully insufficient in their magnification and resolution and I don't have a telephoto lense for the Canon. Wifey's gonna have to get another job.
Edit: Maybe not. I've got a machine shop. Large mirrors aren't too expensive. I could design a mid sized reflecting telescope to be optimized for astrophotography at my camera's sensor size. Esmerelda, get cutting!