Lunar eclipse

Date

20 November 1668

Object type

manuscript
diagram
drawing
print

Archive reference number

LBO/2/128

Manuscript page number

p326a

Material

ink
paper

Dimensions

height (page): 313mm
width (page): 195mm

Subject

Astronomy

Content object

space
> Solar system
> Moon

Description

Ink annotations on a printed map of the lunar surface, recording the phases of the lunar eclipse on 18 November 1668 observed by Johannes Hevelius. This was enclosed in a letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 20 November 1668, Gdnask.

Related fellows

Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent

Associated place

<The World>
> Europe
> Poland