Image from Stanislav Lubienietzki's (1667) "Theatrum Cometicum" Vol. II, in "Historia Cometarum" (1666), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Jochen Schramm (his site) has noted that this is an image of the bright 1665 comet seen over the Alster lake in the centre of Hamburg during April(?) 1665.

Last Revised: 2010 February 22nd