Occultation of Jupiter
Date
5 June 1679
Creator
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p79a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 141mm
width (page): 163mm
width (page): 163mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Johannes Hevelius's printed sheet of the surface of the Moon, on which annotations are made in ink and graphite to indicate the path of Jupiter moving behind the Moon. The phase of the Moon is marked with a line in ink and shading in graphite. The occultation was observed by Hevelius on 5 July 1679 at Gdansk, as reported in a letter to Nehemiah Grew dated 10 June 1679. This is the original chart sent by Hevelius and here inserted into the Letter Book. The reverse of this chart indicates that it was transferred using red chalk.
This is copied in LBO/8/081a.
This is copied in LBO/8/081a.
Transcription
Signed at bottom right, 'Delin. J. Hevelius' [Johannes Hevelius drew this].
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Nehemiah Grew (1641 - 1712, British) , Plant physiologist
Nehemiah Grew (1641 - 1712, British) , Plant physiologist
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