136 Comets. 



{Matthew Paris, Hist. Major; Gaubil, Ma-tuoan-lin, and many- 

 others.) 



1109. In December, a comet appeared near the Milky Way 

 with a tail pointing towards the S. — (Hemingfort, Chronica, 

 i. 33.) 



11 10. On May 29 a comet with a tail 6° long was seen near 

 the Northern Fish and the horns of Aries. It went N. towards 

 the Pole, and then became visible throughout the night, and 

 ultimately disappeared in the R.A. of about 4h. — [Chronica 

 Megia 8. Pantaleonis ; Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



1113. A great comet appeared in May. — (Matthew Paris ; 

 Matthew Westminster, Flores Historiarum.) 



1114. A comet at the end of May; it lasted several nights, 

 and had a long tail. — (Henry of Huntingdon, Historia ; Annates 

 Waverleienses.) 



1115. An extraordinary star in April — May, near a and /S 

 Leonis ; it had a long tail, and probably was a comet, though 

 no movement is referred to. — (De Mailla, viii. 377; Annales cle 

 Morgan.) 



1125. A comet preceded the death of TJladislas, King of 

 Bohemia. — (Dubravius, Historia Bojemica, xi.) 



1126 [i.] In June — July a large comet was seen within the 

 circle of perpetual apparition ; it passed from a Herculis to- 

 wards 6 and <fi Ursaa Majoris. — (De Mailla, viii. 443.) These 

 Chinese positions will not harmonize with the statements of 

 the Latin historians, unless we suppose the comet to have been 

 in Ursa Major at the end of July, or rather at the beginning of 

 August. — (Pingre, i. 392.) 



1126 [ii.] In the moon beginning on December 15 a great 

 comet was seen in China near the horizon. — (De Mailla, viii. 

 447; Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



1132 [i.] On JanuaryS a comet was seen. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



1132 [ii.] On October 2 a comet appeared; on October 7 

 it was in Musca; on October 27 it had disappeared. — (Floren- 

 tius Yigorniensis, Chronicon contin. ; Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



1138. In August — September a comet appeared. — (De 

 Mailla, viii. 524.) 



1142-3. In December — January a comet appeared. — (Synop. 

 Chronol.) 



1145. On April 15 a comet appeared. — (Calendariiis Am- 

 l>rosiano3 Bihliotheco?.) It is not easy to reconcile the conflicting 

 accounts of its course through the heavens. In China it was 

 first seen in the B. on April 24 ; on May 14 it was in the Cross 

 of Orion [and must have had a considerable N. latitude, or 

 would not have been visible. — Pingre], and had a tail pointing 

 to N.E. 10 5 long.; on June 4 it was like a star; on June 9 it 

 was stationary between a Hydra3 and Crater, and remained 



