It was clearly visible here although I only saw it on TV news. On the big red orb was a moving black dot. That’s what you missed. The dot was small enough to have been very missable without a powerful telscope.
BTW, isn’t that what you were expecting to see? What were you expecting to see?
For my part, I’d rather see a humble black dot than any number of virtual film spectaculars.
I seem to remember that it was the triffids coming in your window that was the major worry. But then, I only saw the movie.
Here’s a good twilight shot of Hale-Bopp that was made into a rather spectacular poster. Not sure if this was before the Nikes-n-koolaid crowd from lalaLand boarded or not.
http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/ip970759.html
Martin: I know whence you’re coming. I always feel a transitory wince as I look at any sky phenomenon. Wonder where one might get a Triffid gun?
Wombat: Get the book from a library. If all you saw was the movie, you might as well not have bothered.
I know half of what you mean, Chuck. That movie has the reputation around here for being one of the silliest horror movies ever made.