Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski small asteroids as well as taxonomic measurements of asteroids. At the time of his death, he was actively planning to participate in a network of telescopes to observe the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter. He had obtained one of the early high resolution images of the comet on March 28, 1993 while using the Steward Observatory 90 inch telescope. Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (May 2, 1931 in Poland – February 28, 1994 in Tucson, Arizona, United States) was a Polish astronomer. Wisniewski was born and educated in Poland. He survived the Nazi occupation and many of
Great Comet of 1744 "dust striae" seen in the tails of some comets, such as Comet West and C/2006 P1 (McNaught). Chéseaux, on March 9, was the last known observer in the northern hemisphere to see the comet, but it remained visible for observers in the southern hemisphere, some of whom reported a tail length of approximately 90 degrees on March 18. The comet was not seen after April 22, 1744. The comet also was noted in Japanese astronomical records in the "Nihon Odai Ichiran" of the Kanpō era. Researchers have found in Chinese astronomical records that some Chinese observations describe audible sounds associated