A text-book of general astronomy : for colleges and scientific schools (1888)
Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908 · Boston ; London : Ginn & Company · leaf 438
oached evennearly as close to the sun as the four comets of this group. The comet continued visible until March, and this long period of observa-tion enabled the computers to determine the orbit with a greater degree ofaccuracy than is usual. They all agree in making it a very elongatedellipse,… … Fig. 206. — Orbit of the Great Comet of 1S82. 751. Telescopic Features. — When the comet first became tele-scopically observable in the morning sky it presented very nearly thenormal appearance. The nucleus was sensibly circular, and therewere a number of clearly developed, concentric envelopes in…
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