The Great Comet of 1577
The Great Comet of 1577 was a comet that passed close to Earth during the year 1577 AD. It was viewed by people all over Europe, including famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and though just a boy, future mathematician and astronomer, Johannes Kepler. From his observations of the comet, Brahe was able to discover that comets and similar objects travel above the Earth's atmosphere. George Jacob Daschitzky, Broadside of the Comet of 1577 Seen at Prague, published by Peter Codicillus, woodcut
Picture No
13343871
Media ID
47782054
Size
3660px x 2676px
(1.6MB)
Credit
© New York Public Library / Science Source / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Commercial sales may require 3rd party clearance
Source
New York Public Library
