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In 1682 the young German artist and printmaker Johann Adam Seupel, then twenty years of age, must have witnessed the appearance of Halley's comet and decided to make a print of the spectacle, presumably as he had seen it, over the distant skyline of the city of Strasbourg, with the famous single spire of the cathedral faintly visible against the night sky. Wisely, he chose the still relatively new method of mezzotint, which lent itself perfectly to the depiction of light in darkness.
Halley's comet has been observed since at least 240 BC, but it was the English astronomer Edmond Halley (1656-1742), who first realised in 1705 that previous reports related in fact to sightings of the same comet, which returns to our inner solar system every 75-76 years. It is the only comet with a relatively short orbit that is visible from Earth without a telescope. Halley was last seen on 8 February 1986 and will reappear on 28 July 2061.
Halley's comet has been observed since at least 240 BC, but it was the English astronomer Edmond Halley (1656-1742), who first realised in 1705 that previous reports related in fact to sightings of the same comet, which returns to our inner solar system every 75-76 years. It is the only comet with a relatively short orbit that is visible from Earth without a telescope. Halley was last seen on 8 February 1986 and will reappear on 28 July 2061.