Lunar eclipse
Date
19 September 1689
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p2
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 332mm
width (page): 222mm
width (page): 222mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Hevelius's etched map of the Moon used to record in ink the phases of the total lunar eclipse, observed by Johann Philipp von Wurzelbau (1651-1725) on 18 September 1689 in Nuremberg. This, along with other observations, was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 2 April 1690.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 2 April 1690, 'There were presented the Observations of the Eclipses of the Moon on March 25th and September 19 1689, made at Nurenberg by Mr Wurtzelbaur and Mr Eimmart, largely and curiously described; together with those of the eclipse of the sun on September 3 last past; by the same Observers' (JBO/8/298).
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
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