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What scientific observations were employed during Comet Halley's last return?

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For its most recent return in 1985 and 1986, astronomers observed it from the ground and from space. A massive observing effort (1982-89) including visual observations, photography, and studies of the area around the nucleus, was coordinated by the International Halley Watch.

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