File:Halley Bayeux.jpg

Summary

Portion of the Tapestry of Bayeux showing a comet that can only be Comet Halley, and a number of astronished onlookers, including Britain's King Harold, who lost the Battle of Hastings (1066) to William, Duke of Normandy, afterwards King William I (the Conqueror). The Latin inscription along the top of this portion translates as "These people look upon the star with wonder."

Copyright status

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This image is also a slavish reproduction of a portion of a centuries-old work of great historical significance.

Source

NASA/JPL, description of Mission Stardust, <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/images/tapestry.jpg> Original document: <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news90.html>