The tail stars of 1742 and 1744. The comet of 1744 above a farmhouse at night, smaller comet of 1742 in the upper left sky. Above a smaller representation of the comet observed with Newton's telescope in the Leiden Observatory on 16 February 1744, The Tail Stars of 1742 and 1744 Effigies cometaruae qum apparuerunt annis 1742 & 1744, Picture of the Tail Stars, appearing in the years 1742 and 1744 , print maker: Johannes de Groot (II), (mentioned on object), Johannes de Groot (II), (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1744, paper, h 222 mm × w 156 mm

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