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Comets (1617-1619)

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Map of the heavens, with the charting of the passage of a comet that appeared in December 1618 (from Charles Le Pois, Physicum cometae speculum, in quo natura, caussae, species atque formae, varii motis, statio, moles, natale tempus, aetas, occasus viresque seu effectus deteguntur et accurate atque dilucide demonstrantur, Ponte ad Montionem, apud Carolum Mercatorem, 1619).
Map of the heavens, with the charting of the passage of a comet that appeared in December 1618 (from Charles Le Pois, Physicum cometae speculum, in quo natura, caussae, species atque formae, varii motis, statio, moles, natale tempus, aetas, occasus viresque seu effectus deteguntur et accurate atque dilucide demonstrantur, Ponte ad Montionem, apud Carolum Mercatorem, 1619).
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Last update 19/feb/2008