Cometography is the most complete and comprehensive collection of data on comets available. It comes in four self-contained sequential volumes and this, the first, covers ancient times through to the end of the eighteenth century. Cometography uses the most reliable orbits known to determine all the key parameters of each well observed comet. Cometography also provides nontechnical details to help the reader understand how the comet may have influenced various cultures at the time of its appearance. All the information in Cometography has been sourced directly from the original documents,...

Cometography is a multi-volume catalog of every comet observed throughout history; this fourth volume includes a detailed account from 1933 to 1959. It draws from the most reliable orbits known to pinpoint the exact location and path of each comet. The comets are listed in chronological order, and each entry includes details about physical appearance as well as references to publications relating to the comet for further reading. This book is the most complete and comprehensive collection of comet data available, and provides amateur and professional astronomers, and historians of science,...