[BAA Comets] Sir James South and comet of 1844

[amar sharma]

Another one:
1) Caption: Comet observations, by the British clergyman and astronomer Thomas William Webb (1807-1885). Several comets are described here, along with dates for the observations: the comet of 1862 (drawings, upper left); Encke's Comet of 1871 (text at upper right); the Great Comet of 1881 (text and drawing, centre right), and the Great Comet of 1882 (text and picture, at bottom). The latter text refers to Hardwick vicarage and Webb's wife Henrietta Montague Webb (HMW).

19th century comet observations - Stock Image V700/0328 - Science Photo Library

2) Caption: Comet drawings and notes, by the British clergyman and astronomer Thomas William Webb (1807-1885). Two stars are shown at upper left: Beta Aurigae and Capella. The text at lower right mentions Donati's Comet of 1858. Webb made his astronomical observations in his spare time at his vicarage in Hardwick, near Wales. He published many of his observations in Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (1859), a widely published guide for amateur astronomers.
19th century comet drawings - Stock Image V700/0323 - Science Photo Library
Thank you.
 

     On Thursday, 15 January 2015 11:34 AM, amar sharma <amar10sharmaa at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
   

 Hello BAA comet members,
While searching for images, found something different.
Caption: Comet observations, 1844. Star chart with three comet observations made from the observatory in Kensington, London, UK, built by the British astronomer Sir James South (1785-1867). The position of the comet is shown for the nights of Sunday 8 June, Monday 9 June, and Wednesday 11 June in the year 1844. The comet's appearance on these dates (right to left), is shown by the numbered observations at lower right near the star Capella. At upper left are stars that form part of the constellation of Ursa Major. Comets are icy bodies from the outer solar system that boil and form a bright tail of gas and dust as they approach the Sun.

Comet observations, 1844 - Stock Image C009/0428 - Science Photo Library

Weblink, if the above link doesnt open, is at: http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/153109/view

Google search will yield more about Sir James South's observations of the comet of 1844. Thanks, Amar.
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