Meanwhile, the Paris Observatory wished to complete this physical display by a virtual exhibition, which emphasizes the exceptional collections that are maintained and valued by the Library of the Paris Observatory. This virtual exhibition entitled Comets: from myths to reality, is dedicated to the history of the exploration of comets, the scientific approaches to their nature and trajectories and their representations; it includes a reminder of the recent discoveries made by Rosetta.
It also proposes numerous bibliographic and filmographic resources, and a gallery of images and texts on comets in art and literature, to pursue its real or imaginary exploration of comets.
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Principal comets, Plate 2, tiré de Astronomy / Jean Rambosson - 1875
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