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Walter's YearBook |
| 1997 |
| January 17 1997 |
Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto, died on January 17th at age 90. |
| Winter 1997 |
Completing 5 years as editor, I produced my last issue of AstroTent. 
Winter 1997 AstroTent
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| Spring 1997 |
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Comet Hale-Bopp surpassed magnitude 0 in a stunning evening sky display!!! |
| March 31,1997 |
The Pioneer 10 mission was officially ended, some 25 years after its launch. 67 AU from the sun and moving out at ~12.2 km/s, Pioneer 10 will arrive in the neighbourhood of Aldebaran (65 light years away) in about 2 million years. (see http://www.arxiv.org/PS_cache/gr-qc/pdf/0104/0104064.pdf) |
| July 18 1997 |
Just three weeks after the RASC Kingston GA, Gene Shoemaker died in a car accident in Australia on July 18th, at age 69. |
| October 16 1997 |
I took delivery of a 10" f/6.3 Meade LX-200 from Perceptor* on October 16th. Two months of exceptionally cloudy weather followed. |
