Reference number | CLP/8i/7/1 |
Level | Item |
Title | Manuscript, description of a comet witnessed in Croatia in January 1663 by Sir Robert Moray |
Date | 1663 |
Description | Figure in text. Description of a comet seen on the 2 January 1663 or 1664. The first time at Gratz and at Rackelsburg and Czackathurn on 17 January, rising after midnight, and appearing till the break of day. It is of the same colour with other stars, but having the figure of an half-moon in the middle of its body, and the tail pointing northwards.
Read to the Royal Society on 9 March 1663
Subject: Astronomy |
Language | German |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | CLP/8i/7/2 |
CLP/8i/7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |