| Reference number | EL/H2/48 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Johannes Hevelius, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Hevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer |
| Date | 2 January 1677 |
| Description | Concerning the appearance of the star in the neck of the whale ('mira Ceti') and attaches his ephemerides for the star in the whale's neck and for the one at the head of Cygnus between 28 November 1665 to 1 January 1677
Read to the Royal Society on 25 January 1677 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 7 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Gda?sk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Origin coordinates | 54.35205, 18.64637 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 13, p 162
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 12, no 134, p 853 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/4f127527-d4cb-41c3-bd45-22944499628d |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8253 | Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer | 1611 - 1687 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |