Comet over Hamburg, Germany. Artwork of a view over the Alster river of Hamburg in 1665. A comet (three elliptic shapes at right) is seen over the cit

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Comet over Hamburg, Germany. Artwork of a view over the Alster river of Hamburg in 1665. A comet (three elliptic shapes at right) is seen over the city. A line from the comet leads to the residence of Stanislaw Lubienietz (1623-1675), a Polish astonomer. Diagrams at top right show how the comet appeared over several nights. Engraving from \Theatrum Cometicum\" Stanislaw Lubienietz (1668)."

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