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Letter, 'Account of a nebula in Coma Berenices' from Edward Pigott to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/7/181

Date: 03 December 1779

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of a nebula in Coma Berenices'

Read 11 Janury 1781

Reference number
L&P/7/181
Earliest possible date
03 December 1779
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Account of a nebula in Coma Berenices' from Edward Pigott to Nevil Maskelyne, 03 December 1779, L&P/7/181, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_181/letter-account-of-a-nebula-in-coma-berenices-from-edward-pigott-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 20 January 2026

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