220 Comets. 



744. A great comet was seen in Syria. — (Theophanes, p. 

 353.) 



762. A comet was seen in the E. like unto a beam. — 

 (Theophanes, p. 363.) 



767. On January 22 a comet 1° long was seen near a and /3 

 Delphini. It was visible for three weeks. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



773. On January 17 a great .star appeared below the belt 

 of Orion. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



813. "On August 4 a comet was seen, which resembled 

 two moons joined together ; they separated, and having taken 

 different forms, at length appeared like a man without a head." 

 — (Theophanes, p. 423.) In spite of the strangeness of this 

 description, Pingre considers it to be really that of a comet, and 

 thinks it is possible to find an explanation in the comet's pecu- 

 liar position with regard to the Sun and the Earth. — (Gomet. ir 

 338.) 



815. In April or Maya great comet appeared in the vicinity 

 of /3 Leonis. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



817. On February 5, at the second hour of the night, a 

 monstrous comet was seen in Sagittarius. — (Vita Ludovici Pii.) 

 On February 17 the comet was in the Hyades. — (Ma-tuoan- 

 lin.) 



S21 [i.] On February 27 a comet was seen in Crater. On 

 March 7 it was near <r Leonis. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



821 [ii.] In July a comet with a tail 10° long was seen in 

 the Pleiades. After ten days it disappeared. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



828. On September 3 a comet with a tail 2° long was, seen 

 near 77 Bootis. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



834. On October 9 a comet with a tail 10° long was seen 

 near /3 Leonis. It went northwards beyond Coma -Berenicis. 

 On September 7 it had disappeared. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



837 [ii.] On September 10 a comet was seen in Aquarius. 

 — (Ma-tuoan-lin ; Boethius, Scotorum Ilistoria, x.) 



838 [i.] On November 11 a comet was seen near/3 Corvi. 

 — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



838 [ii.] On Novombor 21 a comet was soon in the E. 

 in the sidereal divisions 7 Sagittarius, and yu, 2 Scorpio. It ex- 

 tended in tlte heavens B. and W. ; on|\Docember 28 it had 

 disappeared. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



I |i.| On January 1 a comot was seen in Arios. — 

 (Anvn hs Wraneorum /''"Menses.) On February 7 a comet was 

 seen near£ Aquarii. — (Ma-1 noan-lin.) Pingre* thinks the latter 

 could not havo been the European comet of January 1. — 

 (Oomet. i. 614) 



-•'I') [ii.] On March 12 a comet was seen to tlio 1ST. of v, 

 e, £, f Persei. On April 14 it had disappeared. — (Ma-tuoan- 

 lin.) 



