Title : Cometography

A catalog of Comets , volume 3 : 1900-1932

Author :Gary W. Kronk

Published in August 2007 by CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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ISBN : 978-0-521-58506-4 - 649 pages – hardback

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Cometography is a multi-volume catalog of every comet observed throughout history. This volume provides a complete discussion of every comet seen during the first part of the twentieth century. Cometography uses the most reliable orbits known to determine the distances from the Earth and Sun at the time a comet was discovered and last observed, as well as the largest and smallest angular distance to the Sun, most northerly and southerly declination, closest distance to the Earth, and other details to enable the reader to understand the physical appearance of each well-observed comet. The book also provides non-technical details to help the reader bet- ter appreciate how the comet may have influenced various cultures at the time of its appearance. Cometography will be valuable to historians of science as well as providing amateur and professional astronomers with a definitive reference on comets through the ages.

GARY KRONK has held a life-long passion for astronomy, and has been researching historical information on comets since sighting Comet Kohoutek in 1973/74. His work has been published in numerous maga- zines and in his books previous to Cometography – Comets: A Descriptive Catalog (1984), Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog (1988). Kronk holds posi- tions in various astronomical societies, including those of Coordinator of the Comet Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, and Consultant for the American Meteor Society.