A bright comet with a long pale tail crosses a starry blue-green night sky above a wooden observatory dome and dark pine trees.

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No. 135 of 248 · The Natural History Series

The Great Comet of 1881

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E. L. Trouvelot's Great Comet of 1881 trails its long, pale tail across a starry sky above a wooden observatory dome. Trouvelot drew the heavens through the great telescopes at Harvard, and this comet shone so brightly that people could see it without a telescope for weeks. For a stargazer, or anyone who loves a quiet night sky.

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From the great astronomy books of the 1800s / The Great Comet of 1881 / Over an observatory dome / The great comet of June 1881 shone brightly enough to be seen without a telescope for weeks. Trouvelot drew its long tail rising high above an observatory. / The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings, 1881-82 / E. L. Trouvelot drew the sky through the great telescopes at Harvard; his pastels were printed in colour by Charles Scribner's Sons.

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