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Was the Bright Comet of 1742 Discovered from India?


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1 No. 31, 4th ‘B’ Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru 560 034, India
 

In this note, I look into the record of a comet in the writings of an 18th century Indian historian Sayyid Muhammad 'Alī al-Husaini, that he says appeared in 1154 AH (1741-42). No astronomical detail of the observation is given. The circumstances suggest him to be an independent discoverer of the bright comet of 1742, now designated C/1742 C1.
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R. C. Kapoor
No. 31, 4th ‘B’ Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru 560 034, India

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In this note, I look into the record of a comet in the writings of an 18th century Indian historian Sayyid Muhammad 'Alī al-Husaini, that he says appeared in 1154 AH (1741-42). No astronomical detail of the observation is given. The circumstances suggest him to be an independent discoverer of the bright comet of 1742, now designated C/1742 C1.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv108%2Fi12%2F2279-2281