Tag: Great Comet of 1680

This Day, That Year – November 14

This day in history we feature Great Comet of 1680. German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the first comet by telescope on this day in 1680. Trivia – Great Comet of 1680 C/1680 V1, also called the Great Comet of 1680, Kirch’s Comet, and Newton’s Comet. It became one of the brightest comets of the seventeenth […]

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