Thomas Bopp
... that when amateur astronomer Thomas Bopp co-discovered comet Hale–Bopp , he had never seen a comet before and was using a borrowed telescope?
... that when amateur astronomer <b id="mwBMA"><a href="./Thomas_Bopp" id="mwBME" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Bopp">Thomas Bopp</a></b> co-discovered <a href="./Comet_Hale–Bopp" id="mwBMI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Comet Hale–Bopp">comet Hale–Bopp</a> <i id="mwBMM">(pictured)</i>, he had never seen a comet before and was using a borrowed telescope?