Jupiter
Date
7 October 1671
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p9a
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 150mm
width (page): 152mm
width (page): 152mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Drawing in ink and graphite on printed etching of the moon.
Taken from the original letter from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg dated 7 October 1671, Gdansk (EL/H2/27).
The drawing shows the passage of Jupiter near the moon as observed by Hevelius at Gdansk on 30 September 1671 [N.S.] in the morning. It was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 6, no. 78 (1671), pp. 3028-33.
Taken from the original letter from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg dated 7 October 1671, Gdansk (EL/H2/27).
The drawing shows the passage of Jupiter near the moon as observed by Hevelius at Gdansk on 30 September 1671 [N.S.] in the morning. It was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 6, no. 78 (1671), pp. 3028-33.
Object history
Printed as Tab. 2, Fig. I: Hevelius's observation of the transit of Jupiter, in J. Hevelius, 'some of his late celestial observations', Phil. Trans. vol. 6, no. 78 (December 1671), pp. 3027-33.
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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