Article ID: CBB045665274

Comet tales from India: the Great September Comet of 1882 (C/1882 R1) (2020)

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This paper brings together India-centric accounts of the Great Comet that appeared in 1882. It grew to be the most magnificent one seen since the Great Comet of 1843, and was observed from throughout the Indian Subcontinent. The comet of 1882 has been variously designated as the Great September Comet, 1882 II, 1882b and C/1882 R1. We look into the observations of the comet made in India by persons of diverse backgrounds, namely, by Norman Pogson, Major G. Strahan, Dr Mahendralal Sircar, A.V. Narsinga Rao, James Burrell Smith and J. Philaire, from different locations. The Madras Observatory observations stand out with Norman Pogson noting the pre-perihelion dual nature of the nucleus before it was reported elsewhere.

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Authors & Contributors
Kapoor, R. C.
Chol-Min, Choe
Recio, Gonzalo Luis
Oh, Wan-Tak
Yong-Ki, Jong
Drummond, John
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Nature
British Journal for the History of Science
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy
Almagest
Publishers
Navakarnataka Publications Pvt Ltd
Concepts
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Observation
Astronomy
Astronomical observatories
Astronomers
Instruments, astronomical
People
Warren, John
Charry, C. Ragoonatha
al-Miknāsī, Ibn Ġāzī
da Gama, Luis
Averroes
Verbiest, Ferdinand
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
Medieval
18th century
16th century
Early modern
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India
China
Korea
Spain
New Zealand
Europe
Institutions
Madras Observatory
Ikhwān al-Ṣafā (Brethren of Purity)
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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