May 17, 1882: Comet Tewfik is spotted during an eclipse

On May 17, 1882, an eclipse trekked across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Many scientists gathered in Egypt to witness it even though it was a fairly short-duration event, with maximum totality at only 1 minute 50 seconds and totality in Egypt at only 70 seconds. J. Norman Lockyer, one of two astronomers whoContinue reading “May 17, 1882: Comet Tewfik is spotted during an eclipse”

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