Nova near Cygnus and the ring of Saturn
Date
25 July 1670
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
vol4 p76a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 239mm
width (page): 172mm
width (page): 172mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A figure indicating the position of a nova near the beak of the Cygnus as observed by Johannes Hevelius in Gdansk on 25 July 1675, and a figure of the ring of Saturn observed on 26 August 1675. These figures were included in a letter by Hevelius to Oldenburg dated 27 August 1670 (EL/H2/22).
Oldenburg read the letter to the meeting on 27 October 1670, and both figures were printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 5, no. 65 (November 1670).
This is a copy of LBO/4/057a.
Oldenburg read the letter to the meeting on 27 October 1670, and both figures were printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 5, no. 65 (November 1670).
This is a copy of LBO/4/057a.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 27 October 1670, ‘Mr. Oldenburg read likewise two other letters, to himself, the one from Mr. Hevelius, dated 27 Aug. 1670, N.S., containing two observations of his concerning a new star near the rostrum cygni, and the present appearance of Saturn’ (Birch 2:449).
J. Hevelius, 'A new star in Cygnus observed 25 July 1670', Phil. Trans. vol. 5, no. 65 (November 1670), pp. 2087-91, which reproduces the images at tab. 1, fig. 1.
J. Hevelius, 'A new star in Cygnus observed 25 July 1670', Phil. Trans. vol. 5, no. 65 (November 1670), pp. 2087-91, which reproduces the images at tab. 1, fig. 1.
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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