RefNo | AP/2/12/3 |
Level | Item |
Title | Diagrams, position of comet 29 March to 6 April 1781 by [William Herschel] |
Date | [1781] |
Description | Plate 24, figures 3-4 showing the position of Herschel's newly discovered comet in relation to the parallel of declination of his telescope, observed 29 March to 6 April 1781.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Account of a comet'.
Written by Herschel at King Street, Bath [Somerset, England]. Read to the Royal Society on 26 April 1781. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Diagram |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1781.0056 |
RelatedRecord | AP/2/12 |
URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-12577 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8060 | Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer | 1738 - 1822 |