Open AccessThe Spectrum of Halley's Comet
Publication year - 1911
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1911.0004
Subject(s) - observatory , comet , physics , astronomy , meteorology , astrobiology
Owing to the interference of high buildings it was impossible to arrange for observations of the comet spectrum during May from the Solar Physics Observatory at South Kensington. Sir Norman Lockyer therefore obtained permission to occupy the site on Fosterdown Fort, Caterham, which has already been selected as the future position of the Observatory. No observations of value were possible during the first three weeks of May on account of exceptionally bad weather ; but on May 23 and 26 photographs and visual observations of the spectrum were secured.