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[[File:1280px-Comet Kohoutek (S74-17688).jpg|thumb|Comet Kohoutek, January 11, 1974]] | [[File:1280px-Comet Kohoutek (S74-17688).jpg|thumb|Comet Kohoutek, January 11, 1974]] | ||
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Comet '''Kohoutek''', billed as the “comet of the century,” was first discovered on March 7, 1973, by astronomer Lubos Kohoutek at Hamburg Observatory in West Germany. Toward the end of November, the comet’s bright head grew faintly visible to the naked eye; its tails, which extended over thirty million miles, could be seen by mid-December in the Northern Hemisphere. | Comet '''Kohoutek''', billed as the “comet of the century,” was first discovered on March 7, 1973, by astronomer Lubos Kohoutek at Hamburg Observatory in West Germany. Toward the end of November, the comet’s bright head grew faintly visible to the naked eye; its tails, which extended over thirty million miles, could be seen by mid-December in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||