Cometography Volume 2, 1800}}}1899 A Catalog of Comets [Hardcover]

A complete discussion of every comet seen during the nineteenth century.Cometography is a four-volume catalog of every comet observed throughout history. It is the most complete and comprehensive collection of comet data available. This volume provides a complete discussion of every comet seen during the nineteenth century, including details of discovery, closest approaches to the Sun and Earth, path across the sky, physical descriptions, orbital information, and final observations. It provides amateur and professional astronomers, and historians of science, with a definitive reference on comets through the ages.Cometography is a four-volume catalog of every comet observed throughout history. It is the most complete and comprehensive collection of comet data available. This volume provides a complete discussion of every comet seen during the nineteenth century, including details of discovery, closest approaches to the Sun and Earth, path across the sky, physical descriptions, orbital information, and final observations. It provides amateur and professional astronomers, and historians of science, with a definitive reference on comets through the ages.Volume 2 of the four-volume catalog of comets observed throughout history provides a complete summary of every comet seen during the nineteenth century. It includes details of discovery, closest approaches to the Sun and Earth, path across the sky, physical descriptions, orbital information, and final observations. The catalog provides amateur and professional astronomers, and historians of science, with a definitive reference on comets through the ages. Also available: Volume 1: Ancient-1799 1999 0-521-58504-X $95.00 CIntroduction; Acknowledgements; Catalog of comets; Appendix 1. Uncertain objects and mistaken identities; Appendix 2. Periodical abbreviations; Appendix 3. Source abbreviations; Index. What he did is phenomenal. Daniel Green, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Daily Guide ...an indispensablC'