A comet in Croatia
Date
9 March 1664
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 283mm
width (page): 175mm
width (page): 175mm
Subject
Content object
Description
This is a copy of a print of a comet with a figure of a 'half moon in the middle of the body and the tail standing northward', observed on 2 January 1664 in Graz. This image was presented by Sir Robert Moray at a meeting on 9 March 1664.
Transcription
Visus est hic cometa in Croatia mense Januario proxime elapsa.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
9 March 1664, ‘Sir Robert Moray produced the scheme of a comet seen at Gratz the 2d of January, 1663/4, the first time, and at Rackelsburg and Czackathurn, Jan. 17, rising after midnight, and appearing till the break of day, of the same colour with other stars, but having the figure of an half-moon in the middle of its body, and the tail standing northward’ (Birch 1:394).
Copy of the print Dieser schreckliche Comet Stern ist zu Grätz den 2: Januari Anno 1664 das erstemahl, und hernach den 17dito zu Rakelsburg und Czackathurn gesehen worden ([Nuremberg], 1664).
Copy of the print Dieser schreckliche Comet Stern ist zu Grätz den 2: Januari Anno 1664 das erstemahl, und hernach den 17dito zu Rakelsburg und Czackathurn gesehen worden ([Nuremberg], 1664).
Related fellows
Robert Moray (1608 - 1673, British) , Natural philosopher
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