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Comet Donati
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Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet, formally designated C/1858 L1 and 1858 VI, is a long-period comet named after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati who first observed it on June 2, 1858. Af
Donati's Comet, Oxford, 7:30 p.m., 5 Oct. 1858 by [William Turner of Oxford]
Donati's Comet, Oxford, 7:30 p.m., 5 Oct. 1858 by [William Turner of Oxford]
Donati, the comet's discoverer.
Donati, the comet's discoverer.
The comet with both gas and dust tails depicted.
The comet with both gas and dust tails depicted.
Donati's Comet inspired a large number of artists, such as James Poole.
Donati's Comet inspired a large number of artists, such as James Poole.
William Cranch Bond
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William Cranch Bond was an American astronomer, and the first director of Harvard College Observatory.
Comet Donati
…nebulosity on March 4, 1859. During its apparition the comet was particularly closely studied by the astronomer George Phillips Bond and his father William Cranch Bond. G. P. Bond incorporated these observations and those of many other astronomers into a monograph, An Account of the Great Comet of 1858, which remains…
William Cranch Bond
William Cranch Bond