Asterwake Comet Hounds — Comet Tracking Hounds Reference Sheet
Six sighthounds in blue cloaks embroidered with golden comets carry sighting rings and journals. A brass telescope stands beside one observer.
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The story of Asterwake Comet Hounds
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Every observer on the ridge drew the comet with a crooked tail. Mira drew two tails and spent the next morning rubbing out the second one. By noon she had worn a hole through the page. Her teacher held the book up to the window. The hole looked remarkably like a third star.
On their next watch the six hounds traded places after each sketch. From the north parapet Mira saw two tails again. From the south she saw one. They set a sighting ring on each stone and waited for the comet to cross the wires. The second tail moved when Mira leaned sideways.
Below the north parapet a shepherd was mending a roof by lantern light. A strip of new metal flashed whenever he lifted the lantern. In the old telescope the reflection had sat exactly beside the comet. Mira climbed down and asked the shepherd to wave the lamp once more so she could finish her drawing.
The observatory published both sketches. Beside the second, Mira drew the roof and wrote down the shepherd’s name. Her teacher kept the page with the hole. On cloudy nights she holds it over a lamp and asks new observers how far away they think that particular star might be.
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