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Image number: RS.9171
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'Donati's Comet, 1858'
Date
1910
Object type
Library reference
14359
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Dimensions
height (print): 188mm
width (print): 123mm
width (print): 123mm
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Description
‘Donati's Comet, 1858’, frontispiece to Sun, moon and stars: astronomy for beginners, by Agnes Giberne (London, 1910), an astronomical text-book for children.
Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-73) discovered the comet on 2 June 1858.
Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-73) discovered the comet on 2 June 1858.
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