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Halley's Comet 1910

Mark Twain 1835-1910

In and out with Halley's Comet

Halley's Orbit: 1910-1985

30 recorded visits listed on Halley Christmas Ornament

Edmond Halley 1656-1742

Joe visits Halley's tomb in Lee England

Giotto's "Adoration of the Magi" - 1303 - Padua, Italy

ESA Giotto Spacecraft

Joe in the "Comet House"

Kurt & Kerry Laufer model Halley's Comet T-shirts

Edmond Halley Memorial Westminster Abby - 1986

Dealing with comet fear - 1910

Laufers meet Princess Anne at Halley's Comet Gala, London 1985

1145 Halley's Comet in Eadwine Psalter, Canterbury England

Joe Laufer at Halley Memorial at Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England

Laufer's with Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore at Halley Gala in London, England - 1985

Russian Comet Interceptor

Joe at dedication of Halley Memorial at Westminster Abbey in 1986 with Sir Patrick Moore & Mrs. Brian Harpur

March, 1986 photo of Halley's Comet

Certification of Halley Sighting

One of many 1910 Comet postcards

Laufers at Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England - 1985

Halley Monument Dedication Program, Westminster Abbey, November 13, 1986

Inquirer Article features Joe Laufer as Comet Expert

Several 1910 Post Card reproductions in 1985

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HALLEY'S COMET WATCH NEWSLETTER

 

Twenty-one Issues were published
by Joseph M. Laufer

from

May 1982 through November, 1986

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VOLUME I, NUMBER 1 - MAY - JUNE, 1982

VOLUME I, NUMBER 2 - OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1982

  • Mercury Cover Features Halley's Comet
  • Private Probe to Halley
  • Scientific Catalogue Promotes Viewing
  • Who's Who in Halley Research?
  • The New York Times and Halley's Comet 1910
  • Halley Two-Timers * Clicking on any "Halley Two-Timer" link will bring you to the complete collection of "two-timer" letters published in the Newsletter during the entire 5-year period of publication.
  • Question of the Month
  • How Big is Comet Halley

VOLUME II, NUMBER 1 - JANUARY, 1983

(For Copy of Original Vol. II, #1 - Click here)

VOLUME II, NUMBER 2 - MAY-JUNE, 1983

VOLUME II, NUMBER 3 - OCTOBER, 1983

VOLUME III, NUMBER 1 - FEBRUARY, 1984

  • Dark Skies for Comet Halley
  • Edmond Halley - 1656-1742. By Tracy Hansen
  • Prophet Nostradamus Predicts Halley Events in 1985-86
  • The Soviet Union Targets Halley's Comet
  • Halley Two-timer Letters
  • International Halley Watch Capsules
  • Halley's Comet Society - USA
  • The Halley's Comet Commemorative Medal
  • 1910 Commemorative Plate

VOLUME III, NUMBER 2 - May-June, 1984

  • A Brighter Halley is Now Predicted
  • Author Links Fabled Phoenix with Halley's Comet
  • Halley's Comet and the Telescope Trade. By Jerred Metz
  • Edmond Halley's Prediction. By Glenn Wolfrom
  • Halley's Comet Society Comet Viewing Trip to Sri Lanka
  • Recent Observations of Comet Halley. By Donald K. Yeomans
  • Dark Skies for Comet Halley Journal (in insert)
  • Comet Halley Stamp Proposed by Joseph M. Laufer
  • Comet Information Center Established at University of Alabama

VOLUME III, NUMBER 3 - SEPTEMBER, 1984

  • Humanitarian and Cultural Fallout from Halley's Comet
  • Early Photos Showing New Clues about Halley's Comet
  • Primer on Halley's Comet
  • Trips and Cruises
  • The Structure of Comets. By Tracy Hansen
  • Letter from Halley Two-timer
  • Halley's Comet, Celestial Photography and the Hawaiian Islands Expedition. By Jerred Metz
  • Orionid Meteors
  • Halley's Comet Society News
  • Dark Skies for Comet Halley
  • Halley's Comet - 1910; A Review in Song and Verse
  • Book Review: Two Astronomers, A "Cosmology" and Halley's Comet, 1910
  • Halley Update
  • T-Shirt Proliferation
  • Halley Pins
  • Halleyscope
  • Halley's Comet Collectibiles, Souvenirs, and Publications

VOLUME III, NUMBER 4 - DECEMBER, 1984

  • Halley Days of Harmony
  • Halley News Briefs
  • A Halley Odyssey - Part I: London, Greenwich and Lee
  • Halley's Comet Society: Annual Gala
  • Halley Postal Commemorative
  • Halley Cruises and Excursions
  • International Halley Watch
  • Kids for the Comet - #1. By Harriet Witt Miller
  • Dark Skies for Comet Halley
  • Organization of U.S. Units of The Halley's Comet Society

VOLUME IV, NUMBER 1 - FEBRUARY, 1985

VOLUME IV, NUMBER 2 - APRIL, 1985

  • Halley Day of Harmony - April 11, 1986
  • Telescope Scarcity?
  • A Halley Odyssey - Part III: Bayeux, William the Conqueror and Halley's Comet. By Joseph M. Laufer
  • A Galaxy of Halley's Comet Logos
  • Kids for the Comet #3. By Harriet Witt Miller
  • A Vist with Ruth Freitag (Senior Science Specialist of the Science and Technology Division of the Library of Congress, compiler of "Halley's Comet, A Bibliography" containing 3,235 entries (1984). By Joseph M. Laufer
  • Current Books on Halley's Comet
  • Writers Talk About Halley's Comet
  • Halley Genealogy
  • Two Halley's Comet Tours

VOLUME IV, NUMBER 3 - June, 1985

  • The Official 1986 Halley's Comet Time Capsule
  • Setting the Record Strait
  • Babylonian Clay Tablets Yield Data on 164 B.C. Return of Halley's Comet
  • Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton
  • Halley's Comet and The Art of Communication
  • Writers Talk About Halley's Comet
  • The Virgin and the Comet - Part I. By Guy W. Moore
  • Halley Symposium in Troy, New York
  • Two Birthday Parties for Edmond Halley
  • Halley's Comet Party
  • Book Review: "Halley's Comet, 1910: Fire in the Sky" By Jerred Metz
  • Current Books on Halley's Comet
  • Senator Jennings Randolph (WV)Honored as Halley Two-Timer
  • Halley Two-Timers
  • Kids for the Comet #4 - By Harriet Witt Miller
  • Halley's Comet Marketplace

VOLUME IV, NUMBER 4 - August, 1985

  • Mid-Summer Comet Capsules
  • Halley's Comet Around the World
  • The Virgin and the Comet - Part II (Coda). By Guy W. Moore
  • Writers Talk about Halley's Comet
  • The Big Burn of 1910 and Halley's Comet - By Joseph M. Laufer
  • Comet Humor
  • Halley's Comet on Broadway
  • Halley's Comet Excursions and Tours
  • Halley Two-Timers: 1910 Revisited
  • Halley's Comet Book Count
  • Congressional Record, August 1, 1985: Halley's Comet Time Capsule - Hon. H. James Saxton of New Jersey
  • Kids for the Comet #5. By Harriet Witt Miller
  • New Activity Book for Kids
  • Official 1985 Halley's Comet Christmas Ornament
  • Antique Collector's Book from Arcturus Press, England

VOLUME IV, NUMBER 5 - October, 1985

  • Halley Event Calendar
  • Church Bells to Sound for Halley's Comet
  • Halley's Comet and your Health. By Joseph M. Laufer
  • Update on Halley Time Capsule
  • Peanut Butter Comet Cookies (a recipe)
  • Bill Haley Coincidence
  • Comet Music, 1986. By Joseph M. Laufer
  • Collector's Edition of Astronomy Magazine
  • Halley's Comet Trips and Cruises
  • Playbill for "The Halley's Comet Gala", Wembley Conference Center, London - October 29, 1985
  • PBS Special on Halley's Comet Premieres on November 26
  • "Boardwalk to the Moon" Premier of a Halley's Comet Musical in Clarksburg, WV, November 1985
  • "Comet Halley: Once in a Lifetime" - Widely Distributed Planetarium Show
  • Halley's Comet as Symbol of Global Peace: C - O - M - E - T - "Citizens of Mother Earth Together"
  • Kids for the Comet #6. By Harriet Witt Miller
  • Book Reviews
  • Information Hotlines for Halley's Comet
  • Halley's Comet and the Philatelic Collector
  • Posters for the Discriminating Collector

VOLUME IV, NUMBER 6 - December, 1985

  • Halley Event Calendar
  • Halley-Grams
  • How to Play Comets - A 300 Year Old Amusement. By Heidi Reidell
  • The Halley's Comet Royal Gala. By Joseph M. Laufer
  • More Comet Music
  • The Virgin and the Comet - Part III: Postscript. By Guy W. Moore
  • Kids for the Comet - #7
  • Mark Twain/Comet Halley Aerogramme Issued by U.S. Postal Service
  • Halley Humor

VOLUME V, NUMBER 1 - JANUARY, 1986

  • HALLEY'S COMET - A Poem. By Alice Kinninger
  • Halley's Comet Hotlines
  • Kids for the Comet #8. By Harriet Witt Miller
  • Letters from Halley Two-timers
  • Halley's Comet Software
  • Photographing Halley's Comet. By Ed Siegfried
  • Halley's Time Capsule
  • Peace on Earth Day - April 12, 1986
  • Comet Phobia
  • Unique Educational Comet Poster
  • French Comet Postcards
  • Halley's Comet from Yuma
  • Twain-Halley Book: "I Been There Before"

VOLUME V, NUMBER 2 - MARCH, 1986

  • Halley Event Calendar
  • Comet Cpsules
  • No Comet Echo Yet From Arecibo, Puerto Rico. By Heidi Reidell
  • Giotto Radio Link Interruption
  • Kids for the Comet #9. By Harriet Witt Miller
  • Triple Tragedy for Shuttle Halley's Comet Experiments
  • Newsletter and Catalog on line
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Kids for the Comet #10. By Harriett Witt Miller
  • Comet Commemorative Plate
  • Halley's Comet Carillon Concert on April 12

VOLUME V, NUMBER 3 - MAY, 1986

  • International Halley Watch: Summary of Preliminary Halley Spacecraft Results
  • Seeing Halley's Comet -- Honest! by Joseph M. Laufer
  • The Confessions of a Stargazer -- or is Halley's Just a Super Hoax? By Sal J. Foderaro, Asbury Park, NJ Press, Friday, March 7, 1986
  • Out in the Outback, Halley's Comet Gets Panned by the Critics.
  • A Tribute to Bill Haley
  • Halley's Comet and Religion
  • Bonus Newsletter: Discovery Five Hundred
    • Included as an insert in this issue of the HCW Newsletter was the first issue of a new Newsletter edited and published by Mr. Laufer oriented towards the 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. This would become a popular Newsletter and all issues are published on the Internet and can be accessed through www.LauferWorld.com under the "Christopher Columbus" tab.
  • Even More Comet Music
  • From our Backlog of Comet Products
  • Kids for the Comet #11 - By Harriet Witt Miller

VOLUME V, NUMBER 4 - JULY, 1986

  • Photo Album of Halley's Comet - 1986
  • The Blue Comet, "The Seashore's Finest Train"
  • Four-Page Time Capsule Dedication Program Included in this Issue
  • Germination Disturbance Blamed on Halley's Comet
  • Halley's Comet and the Art of Communication - II

VOLUME V, NUMBER 5 - SEPTEMBER, 1986

  • Stickers Contest Results
  • Compute: Halley's Comet on Compuserve
  • British Halley's Comet Stamps
  • Another Coincidence in 1986?
  • Last Call for Halley's Comet Souvenirs!
  • Ad for "Comet Enriched" Long Grain Rice

VOLUME V, NUMBER 6 - NOVEMBER, 1986

The End

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