Photographic postcards...astronomy

Astronomy for Children--The Lunar Eclipse
France

Halley's Comet in 1066 from the Bayeux Tapestry
France/United Kingdom

"La Lune pour deux sous" [The Moon for a penny]
France

Solar Eclipse of August the 31st, 1909
Lyon, France

The Imperial Marine Observatory
Kobe, Japan

The Moreux' Obervatory
Bourges, France

The Solar Eclipse, February the 10th, 1930
Bogota, Columbia

Halley's Comet--human companion and part of the Bayeux Tapestry

King Harold and nation cower in fear at the close passage of Halley's Comet.

I witnessed Halley's Comet in 1986...my one and only encounter. I suppose that this is the most documented coment sharing mankind's history

David Newton's animated Bayeux Tapestry [in part] depicting the Norman Conquest and establishment of William The Conqueror as the King of England

Bayeux Tapestry

History had recorded the previous visits of Halley's Comet:

B.C.

240,164, 86, 11

A.D.

66, 141, 218, 295, 347, 451, 530, 607, 684, 760, 837, 912, 989, 1066, 1145, 1222, 1301, 1378, 1456, 1531, 1607, 1682, 1759, 1835, 1910, 1986

Next encounter will be in 2061.

Joe Laufer's Halley's Comet newsletter