Drawings, Comet Kohoutek
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Object Details
- Artist
- Edward G. Gibson
- Summary
- Pencil on paper drawing of Comet Kohoutek made by Astronaut E. G. Gibson during the Skylab 3 mission. Gibson, the science specialist and pilot for the third manned Skylab visit, is a solar physicist and focused on the astronomical experiments. He took the opportunity to observe the comet visually through different windows in Skylab during the 84-day mission, supplementing electronographic images taken by various Skylab telescopes.
- This is one of a suite of drawings; labeled "early observation" it depicts the comet approaching perihelion passage, predicted for December 28th 1973, some ten days before that date. The full suite of over a dozen drawings and renderings was split between the space science collection and the art collection after it was donated by the Aerospace Corporation.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Aerospace Corporation
- Inventory Number
- A19761580000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Drawings & Blueprints (Archives)
- Materials
- Paper
- Plastic
- Graphite Pencil
- Ink
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 22.2 × 38.7cm (8 3/4 × 15 1/4 in.)
- Storage: 43.8 × 27.3cm (17 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19761580000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv92c278a2a-5754-470d-a36e-8085c6e8189b
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