Long-period comet which became very bright in March 1843. Was opened on 5 February 1843. Belongs to the group of fragments formed after the collapse of one large comet several hundred years ago. These comets approach extremely close to the surface of the Sun which often become very bright. To this comet, no other object was observed passing so close to the Sun.
From the Ground, it was observed at daylight, on the angular distance of 1 degree from him. However, she could not be weaker than -6...-8m. The most close to the Earth, the comet flew on 6 March. After perihelion the conditions of observations of this comet were best for the southern hemisphere. The last time the comet was seen 19 APR 1843
After passing perihelion, the comet appeared a long tail - 2 astronomical units. It was a record until 1996.
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