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[Beljawsky’s Comet]

E.E. Barnard
1911
Lantern slide
Edward Emerson Barnard Papers, Vanderbilt University Special Collections

This is a photograph of the Beljawsky’s Comet taken by E.E. Barnard on October 17, 1911. Since the comet has a tail in the photo, this means that the comet was close in its approach to the Sun in this photograph. This photograph was taken using the 10inch Bruce Telescope at Yerkes Observatory.