Historedia
Person

Julius Schmidt

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1861

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Julius Schmidt, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Comet C/1861 J1, the Great Comet of 1861, is discovered

    1861

    Role: Observer

    1. 1861-05-13 · Windsor, New South Wales, AustraliaDiscovery in Australia

      John Tebbutt discovered the comet in Windsor, New South Wales, on May 13, 1861, detecting a faint object near Lacaille 1316.

    2. 1861-06-30 · EarthClosest Approach to Earth

      The comet made its closest approach to Earth on June 30, 1861, at a distance of 0.1326 AU.

    3. 1861-06-30 to 1861-07-01 · Athens ObservatoryShadow Casting at Night

      Due to forward scattering, the comet cast shadows at night, observed by Julius Schmidt at the Athens Observatory.

    4. 1861-08 · UnresolvedEnd of Naked-Eye Visibility

      By the middle of August 1861, the comet was no longer visible to the naked eye, though visible in telescopes until May 1862.

Sources

  1. C/1861 J1 (Tebbutt) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-19