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September 12, 1811. Next perihelion. ≈ 48th century. Physical characteristics. Dimensions. 30−40 km [3] The Great Comet of 1811, [4] formally designated C/1811 F1, is a comet that was visible to the naked eye for around 260 days, the longest recorded period of visibility until the appearance of Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997.
English: Trajectory of the Great Comet of 1811 between May 1811 and March 1812. Created with the JPL Small-Body Database Browser Orbit Viewer and orbital elements from Stellarium/Wikipedia.
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Sketches of comet 12P/Pons–Brooks from 21–22 January 1884. Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks was discovered on 12 July 1812, by Jean-Louis Pons. Independently, this comet was later found by Vincent Wisniewski on 1 August, and Alexis Bouvard on 2 August the same year. The comet was spotted with the naked eye on 13 August and by the end of the month a ...
Media in category "Great Comet of 1811". The following 24 files are in this category, out of 24 total. 1811CometIlustration.jpg 900 × 495; 254 KB. 1840 celestial map of the Northern Hemisphere by Adolf Stieler.jpg 9,385 × 7,801; 13.53 MB. 1856 Burritt - Huntington Chart of Comets, Star Clusters, Galaxies, and Nebulae - Geographicus - Comets2 ...
Jul 10, 2009 · The Great Comet of 1811, drawn by William Henry Smyth, from Amédée Guillemin's The Heavens: Date: orig. image 1811: Source: Amedee Guillemin, The Heavens (London 1886) Author: Guillemin, after Smyth: Permission (Reusing this file) PD
Steamboat traffic helped create a national economy, opening markets for farm goods and drawing people and commerce to cities along the rivers. The Great Comet of 1811, first observed in March and easily visible in the night sky during September and October, made a dramatic backdrop for the first weeks of the trip.
