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At the Feast of St Martin, held in Sorø Abbey, on 11 November 1577, Jørgen Dybvad was amongst the royal entourage gathered there around Frederick II. A comet was seen which led Dybvad to write En nyttig Vnderuissning Om den COMET, som dette Aar 1577. in Nouembrj først haffuer ladet sig see (Copenhagen: Laurentz Benedicht, 1578).
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The Great Comet of 1577 (official designation: C/1577 V1) was a comet that passed close to Earth during the year 1577 AD. It was viewed by people all over Europe, including famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. From his observations of the comet, Brahe was able to discover that comets and similar objects travel above the Earth's atmosphere. The most recent intelligence suggests that the comet is currently about 300 AU from the Sun (24 of Brahe's observations spanning 74 days from 13 November 1577 to 26 January 1578 used for this estimate).
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