Comets
| Title | Comets |
| View | Great comet of 1901, C/1901 G1 (Great comet) 73:121 (2008-003) |
| Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
| Description | Great comet of 1901, C/1901 G1 (exposure 27 minutes). Photograph taken on the United States Naval Observatory expedition to Sumatra. The eleven member team, of which astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard of Yerkes Observatory was a participant, recorded the total solar eclipse of May 18, 1901. |
| Subject Terms | Comets | Sumatra (Indonesia) | Astronomical photography |
| Photographer | Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923 |
| Photograph Date | 1901-05-11 |
| Physical Format | Lantern slides; 6.8 x 5.5 cm |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf6-02024 |
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