Sujet

Path of the comet now visible, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Path of the comet now visible, 1862. The comet discovered by Rosa, at Rome, on July 25, is now a conspicuous object in the northern heavens, and was plainly visible to the naked eye on August 3...It will be seen from the accompanying chart that it is not far removed from the positions of the great comet of 1861, although, of course, this is quite fortuitous, and the two objects are entirely distinct and different...The telescopic appearance of the comet is very remarkable, and will, doubtless, be narrowly watched by astronomers...It is almost a perfect facsimile of Halley's comet, as seen on Oct. 8, 1835, by Struve, resembling it both in the luminous sector and in the narrowness of the tail'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A09_253

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

6,7Mo (968,6Ko) / 10,2cm x 16,5cm / 1207 x 1945 (300dpi)

Mots clés

arts night sky science art astronomy comet British color century Britain newspapers press print natural phenomena B&W engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper sky Unknown Rosa 19th-century Father Father Rosa