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ABSTRACT COMET 1882 _b_.—A number of very beautiful photographs of the great comet have been received from Mr. Gill during the past week. Several of them are remarkable for the amount of


delicate detail that is brought out. Mr. Gill writes: “These photographs are interesting, not only as pictures of the comet, but they appear to me to show the possibility of making, with


very little labour, a photographic _Durchmusterung_ of the heavens.” One of them taken on November 8 was exposed two hours, and shows all the 8th magnitude stars and the curious envelope


extending 4° or 5° beyond the nucleus. This envelope was barely visible either to the naked eye or in the telescope. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of


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