Astronomical observations for 1671
Date
16 November 1670
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p50
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 305mm
width (page): 196mm
width (page): 196mm
Subject
Content object
Description
These are figures indicating the predicted appulses (closest apparent separations) of the Moon in relation to the fixed stars and Saturn for the year 1671, calculated by John Flamsteed, which he originally showed to John Collins. Flamsteed's letter was read to the Royal Society on 24 November 1670, and his predictions were printed (without the figures) in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 5, no. 66 (December 1679), pp. 2029-34.
Object history
24 November 1670, ‘There was read another letter from Derby Nov. 16, 1670, by Mr. John Flamstead to Mr. Oldenburg, accompanied with a Latin manuscript containing a description made by him of the celestial appearances of the next year by him predicted and recommended to observation. It was ordered, that he should be thanked, and the sum of his papers be printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the following month’ (Birch 2:454).
Related fellows
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
John Collins (1625 - 1683, British) , Mathematician, Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
John Collins (1625 - 1683, British) , Mathematician, Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent