Message #88338

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374
February 16
Ninth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]

April 1
Halley's Comet approaches within 0.0884 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth. [1]
 
451
June 24
Tenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]

512
June 29
A monastic chronicler in Ireland records a solar eclipse. [5]

585
April 28
War between Lydia and Media ended by solar eclipse. [1]

607
March 13
Twelfth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]

April 19
Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth. [1]

760
May 22
Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]

837
February 27
Fifteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]

April 10
Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth, the closest in 2000 years. [1]

1006
April 30
Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed. [1]

May 1
Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus. [1]

1054
July 4
Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days). [1]

1056
April 22
Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye. [1]