374 Comets. 



stantinus Porphyrogennetus, Incerti Continuatoris, iv.) Bardas 

 was killed on April 2 1 . 



868. About January 29 a comet was seen for seventeen 

 days. It was under the tail of the Little Bear, and advanced 

 to Triangulum. — {Annul. Fuhl.) It was seen in China in the 

 sidereal divisions of <y Arietis and a Muscas. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



869. A comet announced the death of Lotharius the 

 Younger. — (Pontanus, Historia Gelrica, v.) Lotharius died on 

 August 8. In September a comet was observed near %, k, 6, t, 

 Persei. It went to the N.E. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



873. A comet was seen in France for twenty-five days. — 

 (Chronicon Andegavense.) 



875. The death of the Emperor Louis II. was announced 

 by a burning star like a torch, which showed itself on June 7 

 in the N. It was seen from June 6 in the N.E. at the first 

 hour of the night. It was more brilliant than comets usually 

 are, and had a fine tail. This bright comet, with its long tail, 

 was seen morning and evening during the whole of June. — 

 (Breve Chronicon Andrew.) After harmonizing some discrepan- 

 cies of dates, Ping-re says, " The comet would have appeared 

 on June 3 in Aries ; having but little latitude, it would con- 

 sequently have risen a little after midnight, and would have 

 been seen that same night. The following days, as its longi- 

 tude diminished, and its north latitude increased, it would have 

 been seen by June 6 or June 7, in the evening, towards tho 

 N.E.— {Comet, i. 349.) 



877. "In the second year of the entrance of Charles the 

 Bald into Italy a comet was seen in the month of March in the 

 W. and in the constellation Libra. It lasted for fifteen days, 

 but was less bright than the preceding one [that of 875]. In 

 the same year the Emperor Charles died." — (Chronicon Novuli- 

 ciense.) Being in Libra, it was in opposition to tho Sun, and \\ us 

 therefore visible all night; in the evening in the E. and in the 

 morning in the W. — (Pingre Comet, i. 350.) Ma-tuoan-lin says 

 that it appeared in the fifth Moon, or in June — July. 



882. On January 18, at the first hour of the night, a comet 

 with a prodigiously long tail was Been. — (Annul. Fuld.) 



885. A comet was Been between a or ir Persei and « G-emi- 

 norurn. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



886. On Juno 13 a comet was scon in the sidereal divisions 

 of /1? Scorpii and y Sagittarii. Jt traversed Ursa Major and 

 BodtiSj near o and 7T. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



891. ( mi May 1^ a COUiet with a tail 100" long appeared 

 near the feet, of 0rsa Major; it wont towards the 10. It 

 passed by a Bootis, ami went into the vicinity of (3 Leonis. 

 On July 5 it had disappeared. — (Ma-tuoan-lin; J. Asserius. 

 Annates. ) 



