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On This Day In History: Sunspot Observed By Chinese Astronomers During The Han Dynasty – On May 10, 28 BC

AncientPages.com | May 10, 2016

AncientPages.com - On 10th May, 28 BC, astronomers observed a sunspot during the reign of Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty, describing it as a black vapor at

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On This Day In History: First Recorded Passage Of Halley’s Comet Observed By Chinese Astronomers – On Mar 30, 240 BC

AncientPages.com | March 30, 2016

AncientPages.com - On 30 March 240 BC, the first recorded passage of Halley's Comet was observed by Chinese astronomers in the Chinese chronicle 'Records of the Grand Historian'

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