Aug 6 1982
From The Space Library
GSFC astronomers said that a new comet, Austin 1982G, brightest since 1979, should arrive in view of skywatchers later this month. The comet, the first one visible to the naked eye since 1976, would be six times as bright as the faintest star. It would pass closest to the Earth August 10 and closest to the Sun August 24. Long before then, NASAs international ultraviolet explorer. (Iue) would be photographing it in the ultraviolet spectrum to detect its composition. Astronomers hoped to define the content of the comet to compare it with short-period ones previously observed and with Comet Halley, due to appear in 1985-86. (NASA Release 82-118)
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