Monday, 11 November 2024

Comet of 1882 seen from Fleetwood with a Cooke telescope

 Preston Chronicle Saturday 20th May 1882 

 The Comet -We learn that a distinct and brilliant view of the latest addition to the solar system the new  comet, bas been obtained by the Rev. .James Pearson, M.A,  vicar of Fleetwood, by the aid of his four-inch equatorial  (Cooke), from positions given in the Dunecht Ephemeris for May 10th. The tail was sufficiently long to traverse the field of the instrument, but it is still only visible in a  telescope like that named. 


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