ILLUSTRATIONS


  • FIGURE 1:
          View to northwest as seen from 34°N, at
           45 minutes after sunset, on 30 May 44 B.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 2:
          Hypothetical orbit of Comet Caesar, plotted
          in right ascension and declination relative to Sun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 3:
          View to west, as seen from Rome, at about
          the middle of 11th hour, on 23 July 44 B.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 4:
          View to north as seen from 42°N, at sunset,
          on 23 July 44 B.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 5a:
          Typical light curve for a cometary outburst,
          as given by Richter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 5b:
          Light curve for outburst of comet
          P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák, July 1973. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 6a:
          Hypothetical light curve for Comet Caesar
           after Richter's model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 6b:
          Hypothetical light curve for Comet Caesar
          after the model of comet P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák. . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 7a:
          Three hypothetical orbits for Comet Caesar,
          plotted in right ascension and declination relative to Sun. . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 7b:
          Comparison of retrograde and direct orbits
          (perhelion distance = 0.224 A.U.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 8:
          The positions of Comet Caesar relative to the
          Earth on 30 May and 23 July. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 9:
          Graph showing rising and setting times for the Sun
          and Comet Caesar from 1 May to
          30 July 44 B.C., as seen from 34°N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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  • FIGURE 10:
          Graph showing rising and setting times for
          the Sun and Comet Caesar from 1 May to
           30 July 44 B.C., as seen from 42°N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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  • FIGURE 11:
          Views to NE and SE at Rome, at 15 minutes
          before sunset, on 23 July 44 B.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • FIGURE 12:
          Capricorn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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  • TABLE 1:
          Parameters for two hypothetical orbits
           of Comet Caesar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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  • TABLE 2:
          Rising times of 9 stars belonging to
          Capricorn, on 23 July 44 B.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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