““COMET 1847 VI”, is tribute to María Mitchell (1818-1889), the third woman to discover a comet, and the first to discover it with a telescope.
Mitchell liked to spend her nights on the roof of her family’s house, scrutinizing the sky and the stars.
On October 1, 1847, she was studying a segment of the sky that she already knew, and in that moment saw a spot that was not there before, thus discovering the comet that is now called Miss Mitchell’s Comet (Comet 1847 VI).
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Series Name (2): “COMET 1847 VI”
IS PART OF A COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION “THE INVISIBLE HALF”
A tribute to just a few of the many that has been invisible throughout history.”
