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Reference numberHS/4/66a
LevelItem
TitleTranslation of letter, from Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel to Sir John Herschel, dated at Königsberg
CreatorFriedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date[2 May 1822]
DescriptionModern translation of letter HS/4/66. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel becoming Associate member of Astronomical Society; Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel is planning to prepare a new major star catalogue.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1pp
FormatManuscript
Place originKönigsberg, Prussia, [Kaliningrad, Russia]
Origin coordinates54.700278, 20.453056
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Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3847Bessel; Friedrich Wilhelm (1784 - 1846); astronomer1784 - 1846
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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