Nova in the constellation of Cygnus
Date
29 October 1666
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol1 p426
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 298mm
width (page): 180mm
width (page): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of the constellation of Cygnus to indicate the position of a new star observed by Johannes Hevelius at Gdansk, and described in his letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 29 October 1666. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 1, no. 21 (1667), p. 372.
This figure was copied from LBO/1/361.
This figure was copied from LBO/1/361.
Object history
Figure of a nova in J. Hevelius, 'The figure of the stars in the constellation of Cygnus, together with the New Star in it, discovered some years since, and very lately seen by M. Hevelius again', Phil. Trans. vol. 1, no. 21 (January 1667), p. 372.
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place