Halley's Comet in 1835, and other comets seen during the last century and this – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Halley's Comet in 1835, and other comets seen during the last century and this, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Rather than a single view of the sky, this halftone reproduces a drawing that places Halley's Comet as it appeared in 1835 beside other comets seen across the previous century and into 1910. It ran in the *Illustrated London News* on April 23, 1910, while the comet was returning and drawing wide public attention. The 1835 apparition was among the most closely watched of the era, and newspapers and observatories followed the 1910 return just as closely, with some readers anxious about what the comet's approach might mean. The picture shows how a periodical turned a familiar visitor into a lesson in the history of comet observation.
| Created / published | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1910.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Illustrated London news, 1910 Apr. 23, p. 618. Reproduction of drawing. Freitag, no. 1281. Published in: Halley's Comet: a bibliography / compiled by Ruth S. Freitag. Washington : Library of Congress, 1984, p. 207. |
| Subjects | Comets--1810-1910. Halley's comet--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 680 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161299 |
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