The Great Comet of 1882

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Feb 1883

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Nature, Volume 27, Issue 693, pp. 338 (1883).

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THE comet not having been visible to my naked eye during the last lunation, I was astonished to find last night that (doubtless owing to its increasing altitude; and the clear, dark sky) its tail is still so visible, quite distinctly, though very faint. I saw it best with a pair of field-glasses, aperture 2.05 inches, power 4; with which it reached to v2 Canis Majoris, and was therefore 5½° long; unless part was really a wisp of the Milky Way: undoubtedly the greater part was the comet. Its axis (which was nearer the north than the south edge) was straight for 3½°, and then appeared to curve southwards somewhat. Its south edge was straight, but its north edge, which was more definite, was convex. Its width was nearly 2°. I could not detect any of the definite features which were so remarkable formerly.

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