Inside Out Library

The elements of astronomy; a textbook (1919)

Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 297

An illustration from The elements of astronomy; a textbook, 1919, leaf 297
§ 390] THE NATURE OF COMETS. 281 angle with the suns direction. It is well shown in Figs. 93and 94. When the comet is a greater distance from the sun,this central stripe is usually bright, as in Fig. 99. Not infrequently, moreover, comets possess anomalous tails,— usually in addition to the normal…

Astronomy · Constellations

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The elements of astronomy; a textbook

More like this