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Arago Astronomer

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Part of the Astrophysics and Space Science Library book series (ASSL, volume 421)

Abstract

The great comet of 1843 over the Paris Observatory, seen from the north. From Flammarions’s Astronomie populaire, author’s collection

Keywords

Solar Disk Proper Motion Bright Star Double Star Zenith Distance 

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• James Lequeux
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1. 1.Paris ObservatoryParisFrance