Wednesday

Comet Donati, 1858


William (Turner of Oxford) Turner. Donati's Comet
over
Trinity College and Balliol College, Oxford
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Henry J. Griesbach: 'Comet Donati', 1858
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Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet was a comet named
after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati.
The comet was first observed it on June 2, 1858. After
the Great Comet of 1811, it was the most brilliant
comet that appeared in the 19th century

Donati’s Comet as seen over Paris above the Palais
du Justice, the Conciergerie and the Seine on Oct. 5,
1858, from a plate in The World of Comets 1877,
Amèdée Guillemin
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Comet Donati, 1858. engraving
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Donati's Comet seen over the dome of the Northumberland
Refractor at Cambridge, 11 October 1858
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2 comments:

Marcus said...

I only remember seeing a comet once, but never to forget. It's wonderful.

Aputsiaq said...

Oh, you've seen one!! I actually don't think I have...