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  <dc:title>Drawing, 'heleo-comets' and 'seleno-comets' by Johann Christoph Sturm</dc:title>
  <dc:description>These sketches show celestial apparitions observed on 18 December 1689 [N.S.] in Altdorf by Johann Christoph Sturm (1635-1703). They show the Sun and the Moon emitting tails like a comet, which were perpendicular to the horizon.

Three of the figures represent the Sun, while two represent the Moon.

Subject: Astronomy</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1689</dc:date>
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