Unlucky in Devon - 44, 45 & 46 (astronomical events)

Hell-Bopp comet 1995 - By Miketsukunibito [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

"The advent of a comet is supposed to forebode disaster and national calamity.

An eclipse of the sun shews God's displeasure.

An eclipse of the moon, that the Devil was abroad working mischief."

Hewett 1900