C/1826 U1 Discovered: 1826 October 22.8 ( A = 1 .05 AU, r = 0.97 AU, Elong. = 56°) (Pons) Last seen: 1827 January 6.22 (A = 1.79 AU, r = 1.43 AU, Elong. = 55°) J. L. Pons (Florence, Italy) discovered this comet on 1826 October 22.8 The comet was independently discovered by T. Clausen (Hamburg, Germany) on October 26.80 and J. F. A. Gambart (Marseille, France) on October 28.8. Read more