BRUC%MIT-ML@sri-unix.UUCP (06/09/83)
From: Robert E. Bruccoleri <BRUC @ MIT-ML> Today, I called the Smithsonian Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, MA. The fellow I spoke to (I don't know his name) told me that they haven't been able to see the comet either visually or photographically. The problem photographically is that the comet is moving fast so it's difficult to track, and that it's much more diffuse than predicted. The observatory has a 61 inch reflector, but he didn't say whether that scope was used for these attempts.