European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tone on planetarium director Lohn Edbon with i waxwork statue  thais on display in the Pliny Latium tie Comet As it appears to today s observers trough a telc Lioto Lens. Series of observations which must be unique Wilh Only two exceptions chinese astronomers recorded every appearance of Halley s Cornel for 2,150 years from 240 . To the last sighting in 1910. In astronomical detail the pvt ibid is China s Umel observations Are far Superior to any european records before the 15ih  they also Are exceptionally colourful a 12 . Chinese scribe described the Comet As swarming  apart from the Sun and Moon no heavenly object Lias been the focus of so much superstition and fear As Halicy s Cornel. As a korean recorded in 10g6, people were terrified and  still the British museum show concentrates on the history of observation of the rout rather than the superstitions associated with it said a spokesman and it uses some surprising methods. Next to the ancient babylonian tablets is a computer screen displaying the curious interlocking lines and triangles of babylonian cuneiform writing. Their phonetic pronunciation underneath followed by a swirl of graphics thai slowly resolves into an end Liili if image translation. According to the spokesman the babylonian bless have proved to be important for scientific study of the Cornel s past  using information from he ancient record the computer screen also charts the Comet s passage across the babylonian sky on those september nights in 164 . The Cornel s sighting in 1066, recorded by the far East scribes also was immortalized by the Bay run tapestry depicting William the conqueror s invasion of England. The appearance of the Cornel in 1066 a is certainly spectacular the exhibit notes and it was More widely reported than Ever  besides terrifying koreans the Comet was interpreted All Over Europe in retrospect to Iii show wryly notes As an Omen of William s Risi to Power.  himself knew very Little of All this when he Bej an his comes studies. He relied chiefly on knowledge built up Over time by astronomers like Paolo Toscana let in Florence Georg Perlbach in Vienna pct f Adrian of Germany and Tycho Hrap of Denmark portions of the printed studies of All these men Are in the show. Hallcy who served As the Royal astronomer  trouble with the mathematics needed to proc fat the Cornet s Orbil for assistance he turned la his Friend Isaac Newton perhaps the arc Alcil mathematician who Ever lived and found Loim astonishment that Newton already had solved the problem. Fortified  worked out the path of ihi1 Comet Sirn in 1682 and concluded that the Comet had been seen before and would return in 175b.  Fitial published his  theory in latin and that version along with an English Iran Lalion Are included in the exhibit. The show also features a Chart of the Comet s actual return in 1756-9, when it was riven Haulcy s name Halley s Comet in history running through May 5, is am ing for the rarity and breadth of its documents. This absorbing Little show opens a  window onto Man s continuing fascination Wilh the heavens. ,19k strip i Magazine 77