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The en:Great Comet of 1577. Other version high resolution scan of the original.

Woodcut by Jiri Daschitzsky, Von einem Schrecklichen und Wunderbahrlichen Cometen so sich den Dienstag nach Martini M. D. Lxxvij. Jahrs am Himmel erzeiget hat ( Prague (?): Petrus Codicillus a Tulechova, 1577).

sources: http://www.os.is/~ah/comet/hali8.htm http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050922/calendar.shtml http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/observations/comets.html http://galileo.rice.edu/images/things/comet_1577.gif

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