The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 322
Fig- 33- 300. The Comet of 1&43. — The great comet of 1843, a viewof which is given in Fig. 334, was favorably situated for obser-vation only in southern latitudes. It was exceedingly brilliant, … Fig. 33=i- and was easily seen in full daylight, in close proximity to thesun. The apparent length of its tail was sixty-five degrees,and its real length a hundred and fifty million miles, or nearly 2g6 ASTRONOMY. twice the distance from the earth to the sun. This comet isespecially remarkable on…
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