Halley received support from his father to study the stars in the Southern Hemisphere. He then helped create a catalog of many of those stars. These were the first catalog giving accurate locations. Halley saw a great comet sweep the sky in 1682. He showed that its orbit was much like the orbits of comits seen in 1531 and 1607. Halley thought to him, "could this be the same comet?" He believed that it were. He predicted it's return in 1758. He was correct. Halley's Comet is named after
Halley received support from his father to study the stars in the Southern Hemisphere. He then helped create a catalog of many of those stars. These were the first catalog giving accurate locations. Halley saw a great comet sweep the sky in 1682. He showed that its orbit was much like the orbits of comits seen in 1531 and 1607. Halley thought to him, "could this be the same comet?" He believed that it were. He predicted it's return in 1758. He was correct. Halley's Comet is named after