The Chinese comet of 1138, identified as the previous return of the 1882 sungrazer, would have been invisible in daylight and only appeared about a month after perihelion, while the 1106 comet's daylight sighting matches a new perihelion-time estimate.
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The Great Comets of 1843 and 1882 at Their Previous Return to Perihelion in the Twelfth Century: One Spectacular, the Other Dull
The Chinese comet of 1138, identified as the previous return of the 1882 sungrazer, would have been invisible in daylight and only appeared about a month after perihelion, while the 1106 comet's daylight sighting matches a new perihelion-time estimate.