The Great Comet of 1843, painted by the astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth. I have joined two separate works by Smyth, the daytime and nighttime views, into a single image.
"The Great Comet of 1843" and "Daylight View over Table Bay Showing the Great Comet of 1843."
Charles Piazzi Smyth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
