 The comet consisted of a nearly circular coma, which became rather suddenly brighter towards the centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light. The diameter of the coma, including the exterior faint nebulosity, was about 6  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Page 471by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868Full view - About this book
 | 1868 - 358 pages
...similar to most of the polythionic acids. ON THE SPECTRUM OF COMET II., 1868.* BY WILLIAM HUGGINS, FRS THE author describes the appearance of the comet in...bright bands. The brightest band commences at about 6, and extends nearly to F. Another band begins at a distance beyond F, rather greater than half the... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1868 - 664 pages
...night by M. Bequet, Assistant-Astronomer at the Observatory of Marseilles. Mr. Huggins found the comet to consist of a nearly circular coma, which became...centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light, from which a tail could be traced for nearly a degree. The spectroscope resolved the light of the comet... | |
 | 1868 - 676 pages
...night by M. Bequet, Assistant-Astronomer at the Observatory of Marseilles. Mr. Huggins found the comet to consist of a nearly circular coma, which became...centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light, from which a tail could be traced for nearly a degree. The spectroscope resolved the light of the comet... | |
 | sir Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1869 - 396 pages
...representation of the comet as it appeared on June 22 at 11 PM is given in Fig. 69, p. 252. The comet co'nsisted of a nearly circular coma, which became rather suddenly...centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light. The diameter of the coma, including the exterior faint nebulosity, was about 6' 20". The tail, which... | |
 | Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1870 - 508 pages
...representation of the comet as it appeared on June 22 at 11 PM is given in Fig. 88, p. 293. The comet consisted of a nearly circular coma, which became rather suddenly...centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light. The diameter of the coma, including the exterior faint nebulosity, was about 6 ''20". The tail, which... | |
 | Henry E. Roscoe - 1869 - 372 pages
...representation of the comet as it appeared on June 22 at 11 PM is given in Fig. 69, p. 252. The comet consisted of a nearly circular coma, which became rather suddenly...centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light. The diameter of the coma, including the exterior faint nebulosity, was about 6' 20". The tail, which... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1869 - 862 pages
...Assistant-Astronomer at the observatory of Marseilles. On June 22 I examined this comet, which consisted of a nearly circular coma, which became rather suddenly...centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light ; from this a tail was traced for nearly a degree (see fig. 1. PI. V.). When a spectroscope, furnished... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1869 - 868 pages
...Assistant- Astronomer at the observatory of Marseilles. On Juno 22 I examined this comet, which consisted of a nearly circular coma, which became rather suddenly...centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light ; from this a tail was traced for nearly a degree (see fig. 1. PI. V.). When a spectroscope, furnished... | |
 | 1869 - 400 pages
...this comet on June 22d, as consisting of a nearly circular coma, becoming suddenly brighter toward the centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light ; a tail was traced for nearly a degree. Under the spectroscope, with two prisms of 60°, the light was resolved into three broad, bright bands,... | |
 | 1869 - 826 pages
...the telescope, Juno 22d, as a nearly circular corona, which became rather suddenly brighter toward the centre, where there was a nearly round spot of light. A tail was traced for almost a degree. The light of the comet, examined with a spectroscope, furnished with two prisms of... | |
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