Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott with thanks to Pigott for sending details of his discovery of a comet on 7 September 1799
In this letter, Maskelyne thanks Pigott for sending details of his discovery of a comet on 7 September 1799. Maskelyne comments on similar observations submitted to him by Mr Stephen Lee of Hackney and Sir Henry Englefield. He also adds that he was able to see the comet with his short-sighted spectacles but it only had a small tail.
Record Details
| Item reference: | LBK/85/17; REG15/000535.16 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 Letter |
| Date made: | 19th November 1781; 9th April 1781 1781 - 1799 18th October 1783 8th April 1784 12th July 1785 8th July 1785 25th March 1786 8th February 1786 9th January 1786 25th January 1793 1799-09-09 9th September 1799 18th August 179? |
| Creator: | Maskelyne, Nevil |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Engraving of Nevil Maskelyne. (Print) (LBK/85/1)
- Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott about the delay in presenting Pigott's paper on observations of Mercury to the Royal Society. (Letters) (LBK/85/2)
- Engraving of Dr. Maskelyne, Royal Astronomer. (Print) (LBK/85/3)
- Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott about a comet against the background stars of the constellation Vulpecula. (Letters) (LBK/85/4)
- Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott observations relating to the lunar eclipse. (Letters) (LBK/85/5)
- Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott confirms that he will present Pigott's paper on the discovery of a comet to the Royal Society. (Letter) (LBK/85/6)
- Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to John Goodricke on series of observations by Edward Pigott. (Letters) (LBK/85/7)
- Letter from Maskelyne to John Goodricke on Goodricke's discovery of the variable star Delta Cephei. (Letters) (LBK/85/8)
- Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott with observations on on meridan observations of the Moon, the eclipses of Jupiter's moons, Abbe Toaldo and fireball meteors. (Letters) (LBK/85/9)
- A table of findings on stars. (Letters) (LBK/85/10)
- Engraving of Nevil Maskelyne. (Print) (LBK/85/11)
- Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott comparing Pigott's observations of lunar transits to his own. (Letters) (LBK/85/12)
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