A Comet Observed from H.M.S. Triumph
1880; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 21; Issue: 544 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/021515e0
ISSN1476-4687
Tópico(s)Astro and Planetary Science
ResumoCAPT. A. H. MARKHAM, R.N., of H.M.S. Triumph, the flagship on the Pacific Station, reports that a comet was observed during the voyage from Payta in Peru, to Manta on the coast of Ecuador. The Triumph left Payta on February 7. The comet was first seen on the evening of the 7th at about 8 o'clock. The nucleus was distinctly made out, bearing south-west at an altitude of 7° above the horizon. The tail, a long-spreading one, was not very brilliant, but could be clearly traced to an altitude of 35°, the observed termination bearing about south-south-west. The whole phenomenon subtended an angle with the horizon of about 70°. It was situated in the constellation of Argo Navis, and the direction of the tail was in a line almost equidistant between Sirius and Canopus. It set at about 9.30 p.m.
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