Ring of Saturn
Date
29 October 1672
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol5 p393
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 301mm
width (page): 177mm
width (page): 177mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Saturn observed on 19 October 1672 [N.S.] at Gdansk with a 55-foot telescope by Johannes Hevelius. In his letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 29 October 1672, and read on 6 November 1672.
The original letter is at EL/H2/32/004.
The original letter is at EL/H2/32/004.
Object history
6 November 1672, ‘Two other letters were likewise read, both written by Mr. Hevelius to Mr. Oldenburg from Dantzick, dated September 16, and October 29, 1672, concerning the eclipse of the sun, on the 11th of August, N.S. and the phasis of Saturn on the 19th of October: as also the re-appearance of the new star in the neck of the Swan’ (Birch 3:60).
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Associated place