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German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
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Gottfried Kirch
German astronomer (1639–1710)
Gottfried Kirch was a German astronomer and the first "Astronomer Royal" in Berlin and, as such, director of the nascent Berlin Observatory.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Great Comet of 1680
First comet discovered by telescope
C/1680 V1, also called the Great Comet of 1680, Kirch's Comet, and Newton's Comet, was the first comet discovered by telescope. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch and was one of the brightest comets of the seventeenth century.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Comet
Natural object in space that releases gas
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing. This produces an extended, gravitationally unbound atmosphere or coma surrounding the nucleus, and sometimes a tail of gas and dust gas…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 14
Day of the year
November 14 is the 318th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 47 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)