Weneed a recordofthatofwhatwasseenwhenandusually I onlyworkwithobservationsthataredoneinthelastmaybe 50 yearsandthisprojectusesobservationsofpeoplethatlived 1000 yearsago.
It's almostlike I canpickupthephoneandcalloneofthesemonths 1000 yearsagoandandandaskhim, hey, mycomputertellsmethatshouldhavebeen a cometintheskyonthisstate.
Hewas a monkfromNorthumbriaandhelivedbetweentheendoftheseventh, beginningoftheeighthcenturies.
Yeah.
Mhm.
And I guesssomeofthemeatsthatwehaveabouttheMiddleAgesaswellcomesfromthedifficultyofaccessingthelanguagewhichcanbeat a latinoralltheenglishoranyotherMedievalvernacularlanguageandall.
Buttherearecometsthatcomefrommuchlargerdistancesfrom a regioncalledWardCloudandthosecomebackonceeverymillionyears.
Soifoneofthosecommentswasseenbythemonks, I willnotbeabletoreproducethatobservation, butitwillbeimportanttoknowthatthatthingswereseenintheskybecauseitgivesusanideaofhowmanyofthesecommentswerevisitingtheearthas a functionoftime.
Ifyouenjoyedthat, besuretocheckoutthesevideosnextandifyouhaven't alreadyhitthesubscribebuttonandclickthebelltoget a notificationeachtimeweuploaded a newvideo.