File:Comet Encke in 1961 by the Naval Observatory.jpg
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English: Comet Encke, two prints from the same plate, exposed for 30 minutes on January 6, 1961, with the 40-inch reflector of the U.S. Naval Observatory. Top: printed to high density to show the position of the nuclear condensation at the upper right edge of the coma. Bottom: printed with higher contrast to show the tail extending to the right of the coma for some distance. |
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Comet Notes Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Vol. 73, No. 431 (April 1961), pp. 170-174 |
| Author | Elizabeth Roemer |
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