Sunspots
Date
November 1676
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p9
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 350mm
width (page): 228mm
width (page): 228mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A print from a small tract, 'Description du mouvement que doit faire dans le Soleil une Tache sur la fin de Novembre 1676', sent with Cassini's letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 25 November 1676. The print shows the shapes of the sunspots on different days.
Transcription
Octob. 30
Macula in Sole 1676
Novemb. 1.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Macula in Sole 1676
Novemb. 1.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
J. D. Cassini, ‘Observation of Sun spot and Saturn’, Phil. Trans. vol. 11, no. 128 (August and September 1676), pp. 689-90 (ref. to Tab II, figs 2 & 3, p. 689; ref. to Tab II, fig. 4, p. 690).
Related fellows
Jean Dominique Cassini (1625 - 1712, Italian) , Astronomer, Astronomer
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place