The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 302
ASTRONOMY. 275 Stream of milky light, growing wider and fainter as itrecedes from the head, till the eye is unable to trace it. The general appearance of one of the smaller of thebrilliant comets is shown in Fig. 305. … Fig. 306. 285. General Appearance of a Telescopic Comet-—-Thegreat majority of comets are too faint to be visible with thenaked eye, and are calledtelescopic comets. In thesecomets there seems to bea development of comaat the expense of nucleusand tail. In some casesthe telescope fails to re-veal…
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