 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...evening (the llth of November) from his laboratory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This .was the star in question. It was then as bright ar Sirius, and continued to increase till it... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...evening (the 1 1th of November) from his laboratory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the star in question. It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase till it surpassed... | |
 | John Farrar - Astronomy - 1834 - 504 pages
...evening, the llth of November, from his laboratory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the star in question. It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase till it surpassed... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 820 pages
...group of country people gazing at it, and was satisfied it had not been in that quarter of the sky half an hour before. It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued till it surpassed Jupiter when brightest, and was visible at mid-day. It disappeared entirely about... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 290 pages
...evening from his observatory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country-people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the star in question. It was then as brilliant as Sirius, and continued to increase, till... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Astronomy - 1843 - 604 pages
...evening from his observatory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country-people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the star in question. It was then as brilliant as Sirius, and continued to increase, till... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1844 - 292 pages
...Venus, and after. remaining three weeks, disappeared entirely. In 1572, a new star suddenly appeared, as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase until...mid-day. In a month, it began to diminish ; and, in three weeks afterward, it entirely disappeared. It is also found that stars are now missing, which were inserted... | |
 | John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 pages
...returning one evening (Nov. 11) from his laboratory to his dwellinghouse, was surprised to find a group of country people gazing at a star, which he was sure...then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase till it surpassed Jupiter when brightest, and was visible at midjday. It began to diminish in December... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.), John Bruce - Astronomy - 1846 - 398 pages
...by observing one evening (Nov. 11) on his return from his observatory to his dwelling-house, a group of country people gazing at a star which he was sure...did not exist half an hour before. It was then as brilliant as Sirius and continued to increase, till it surpassed Jupiter when brightest, and was even... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Science - 1846 - 580 pages
...Ith November from his laboratory to his dwelling-house, was astonished to find a crowd of peasants gazing at a star which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the temporary star of 1572. It was then as bright as the Dog-star, and it continued to increase... | |
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It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase till it surpassed Jupiter when brightest, and was visible at mid-day. It began to diminish in December of the same year, and in March 1574, had entirely disappeared. 
