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"Head of Halley's Comet, May 8, 1910; Reduced from Photograph taken at the Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory," from "A Beginner's Star-Book" by Edgar Murphy (1912). Color and cropping edits.

https://archive.org/details/beginnersstarboo00murp

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A beginner's star-book; an easy guide to the stars and to the astronomical uses of the opera-glass, the field-glass and the telescope : Murphy, Edgar Gardner, 1869-1913 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A list of books: p. 144-146
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"The Comet" by Wassily Kandinsky (1900).

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, Gabriele Münter Stiftung 1957 CC BY-SA 4.0 via https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Wassily-Kandinsky/1343523/.html

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The Comet (Nocturnal Rider?) by Wassily Kandinsky

Buy The Comet (Nocturnal Rider?) by Wassily Kandinsky as fine art print. ✓ High-quality museum grade. ✓ Perfect reproduction
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"Donati's Comet - Formation and Development of Cometary Appendages, from Drawings by P. G. Bond.

1. September 24, 1858.

2. September 26, 1858.

3. October 3, 1858.

4. October 5, 1858.

From "The World of Comets" by Amédée Guillemin (1877).

https://archive.org/details/worldofcomets00guiluoft

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The world of comets : Guillemin, Amédée, 1826-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Tabel 11 - Comets and Aerolites, by Ludwig Preyssinger (1851).

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries.

https://archive.org/details/dr_taf-xi-kometen-und-aerolithen-comets-and-meteorites-7990018

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Taf. XI. Kometen und Aerolithen. (Comets and meteorites.) : Preyssinger, Ludwig : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Zoomable full resolution image available at davidrumsey.com.This image 7990.018 is a part of image group 7990.000.Date estimated. Six of the 12 plates are...
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"Watching the Comet on the Boulevards, 1857" by François Courboin (1898).

François Courboin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Montezuma the 2nd watching a comet, 1579; by Diego Durán (1867).

Public Domain via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/hThNWJ

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British Library digitised image from page 545 of "Historia de las Indias de Nueva-España y islas de Tierra Firme ... La publica con un atlas, notas, y ilustraciones J. F. Ramirez, etc"

Image taken from: Title: "Historia de las Indias de Nueva-España y islas de Tierra Firme ... La publica con un atlas, notas, y ilustraciones J. F.
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"The Ides of March" by Edward Poynter (before 1919).

Calpurnia is pointing to the comet in the sky.

Edward Poynter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Comet 6 - 1858 (Donati) at the moment of its maximum splendor. October 5." One of many wonderful illustrations in: "Atlante Astronomico," by Giovanni Celoria.

https://archive.org/details/CeloriaAtlanteAstronomico

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Atlante Astronomico : Celoria, Giovanni : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Celoria, Giovanni (1842-1920). Atlante astronomico. 39 tavole miniate con testo e illustrazioni. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli, 1890
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"The Great Comet of 1861 as seen by Warren de la Rue (DCL, FRS) with his Newtonian Equatoreal of 13 inches Aperature."

From "The World of Comets" by Amédée Guillemin (1877).

https://archive.org/details/worldofcomets00guiluoft

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The world of comets : Guillemin, Amédée, 1826-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862, British, Donati's Comet, between 1858 and 1859, Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1975.4.1767.

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12959

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Donati's Comet - YCBA Collections Search

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"The Great Comet of 1843" from "L'Universo Stellato" by Max Wilhelm Meyer (1900). This is an Italian version of a German edition published in 1898 under the title "Das Weltgebäude."

https://archive.org/details/meyer-universo-stellato

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L'Universo Stellato : Meyer, Max Wilhelm : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Meyer, Max Wilhelm (1853-1910). L'universo stellato : trattato di astronomia popolare / Guglielmo Meyer ; traduzione italiana consentita dall'autore,...
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Donati's Comet as seen at Paris on the 5th of October 1858. From "The World of Comets," by Amédée Guillemin (1877).

https://archive.org/details/worldofcomets00guiluoft

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The world of comets : Guillemin, Amédée, 1826-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Chéseaux's Comet as seen on March 8, 1744 from "The World of Comets," by Amédée Guillemin (1877).

https://archive.org/details/worldofcomets00guiluoft

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The world of comets : Guillemin, Amédée, 1826-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Comet seen from Geesterpoort in Alkmaar, Netherlands. January 1681. Drawing by Lambert Doomer.

Public Domain via the Rijks Museum item RP-T-00-341. Gift of the Rijksmuseum Foundation.

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.36825

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Staartster boven Alkmaar, 1681, Lambert Doomer, 1681 - Rijksmuseum

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The Great Comet of 1881 on June 25-26 at 1h. 30m. A.M. (Plate 11 from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings 1881)

Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, Public domain, via Aleksandr Yuferev's Flickr at https://flic.kr/p/24fkpCU

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Great comet of 1881 (Etienne Trouvelot)`v02`2000px

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Comet Donati in 1858 by Detskaya Entsyklopedia.

Via Flickr: Aleksandr Yuferev. Public Domain. https://flic.kr/p/GanZ77

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Comet Donati (Detskaya Entsyklopedia)`v02`2700px

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"Astronomical Observations - Comet," by Donato Creti (1711).

Musei Vaticani, Pinacoteca, Sala 15. Fabrizio Garrisi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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"Village at Night - a Comet," (1880) by Aleksander Mroczkowski.

Public Domain accessed via the National Museum of Warsaw. https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/508684

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Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie - Zbiory Cyfrowe

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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.

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Comet of December 22nd, 1680 by Rochus van Veen.

Staartster boven Beverwijk, 1680, Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Comet 1911. 4. (Brooks) H. Knox-Shaw, Helwan Observatory, Egypt, 1911, November, 3d 14h 50m, 30-inch Reflector, focal length, 135in, exposure, 15 min, 10" x 12".

Science Museum Group. Glass positive:- Comet 1911 IV (Brooks) H. Knox-Shaw. 1929-731Science Museum Group Collection Online. Accessed February 21, 2023. https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co56892/glass-positive-comet-1911-iv-brooks-h-knox-shaw-black-and-white-transparencies-astrophotographs-comets.

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Glass positive:- Comet 1911 IV (Brooks) H. Knox-Shaw | Science Museum Group Collection

Glass positive:- Comet 1911 IV (Brooks) H. Knox-Shaw, Helwan Observatory, Egypt, 1911, November, 3d 14h 50m, 30-inch Reflector, focal length, 135in, exposure, 15 min, 10" x 12"
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Comets and their tails have come in all shapes and sizes. Some, like Comet Rosa seen in this post, are more familiar.

Comet Rosa (CC0, via Wikimedia Commons) as depicted in "The Comet Book," or "Comets and their General and Particular Meanings, According to Ptolomeé, Albumasar, Haly, Aliquind and other Astrologers." Published in 1587.

This book contains many such examples. Other images from this book can be found at the Public Domain Review: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-comet-book

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The Comet Book (1587)

Stunning set of images from a 16th-century treatise on comets.
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🔭 Know what’s happening in the February sky (aside from that #comet)!

Here's how to spot the Auriga constellation, a couple of star clusters, and Jupiter and Venus converging: https://go.nasa.gov/37ePy0B
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What’s Up: Skywatching Tips from NASA

Watch the latest video in NASA’s “What’s Up” series to discover the skywatching highlights for this month.
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A #comet that hasn't been in our cosmic neighborhood in 50,000 years is making its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 2. With binoculars and clear skies, you may spot C/2022 E3 (ZTF) near the Big Dipper. Let us know if you do!
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