Open AccessVII. Note on the spectrum of Encke's comet
Author(s) -
William Huggins
Publication year - 1872
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1871.0014
Subject(s) - comet , comet tail , physics , spectrum (functional analysis) , astronomy , astrophysics , solar wind , quantum mechanics , magnetic field
I give the following observations of Encke’s comet, and of the spectrum of its light, in the order of the dates of the evenings on which they were made. Oct 17. The comet presented the appearance of a nearly circular faint nebulosity, in which no condensation could be certainly distinguished.
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