IMAGE 200_299\279.Lbm,This portion of the famous Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, shows a comet that we now know was Halley's.
IMAGE 200_299\280.Lbm,Like all relatively short-period comets, Halley's comet traces an elliptical path through the Solar System, appearing in Earth skies every 75/76 years.
IMAGE 200_299\282.Lbm,From Earth in 1986, Halley's comet proved a disappointing spectacle. Here it is seen moving across a starry background.
IMAGE 100_199\111.Lbm,Halley's comet, as seen from Earth in March 1986 on its latest return to our skies.
IMAGE 100_199\149.Lbm,Halley's comet pictured from Chile on April 15, 1986. In the bottom left is the peculiar galaxy Centaurus A.
IMAGE 200_299\278.Lbm,Halley's comet, in false colour, when it appeared in Earth skies in 1910.
IMAGE 100_199\157.Lbm,An artist's impression of the Giotto probe streaking towards Halley's comet in 1986.
IMAGE 200_299\281.Lbm,Bright jets of gas stream from the potato-shaped nucleus of Halley's comet, in this picture taken by Giotto.
MAGE 500_599\581.Lbm,False-colour image showing Halley's comet on March 13, 1986, taken by the European probe Giotto from a distance of 20,000 km.The comet's nucleus is in the top left-hand corner. The colours correspond to different levels of brightness.
IMAGE 1700_99\717.Lbm,False-colour picture produced from data returned by Vega 2, showing the outrush of gases from Halley's comet.
xxIMAGE 1700_99\717a.Lbm,Halley's Comet, spotted by the international ultraviolet explorer (IUE) in January 1986.
