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Paper, 'Ismaelis Bullialdi observationes factae anno 1667 circa nebulosam in cingulo andromedae, et stellam mirabilem in collo ceti' [Observations of nebula in the constellation Andromeda and stars in the neck of the constellation Cetus seen in 1667] by Ismael Bulialdus

Reference number: CLP/8i/17

Date: 25 April 1667

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Bulialdus writes: 'In January 1667, when the cloudy and misty weather, which had continued for a good while, did permit us to observe, the star Nebulosa, in the girdle of Andromeda (which may well enough be seen by the naked eye) appeared much obscurer than the year before.'

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 25 April 1667

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CLP/8i/17
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25 April 1667
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Ismael Bullialdus

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Ismael Bullialdus, Paper, 'Ismaelis Bullialdi observationes factae anno 1667 circa nebulosam in cingulo andromedae, et stellam mirabilem in collo ceti' [Observations of nebula in the constellation Andromeda and stars in the neck of the constellation Cetus seen in 1667] by Ismael Bulialdus, 25 April 1667, CLP/8i/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_17/paper-ismaelis-bullialdi-observationes-factae-anno-1667-circa-nebulosam-in-cingulo-andromedae-et-stellam-mirabilem-in-collo-ceti-observations-of-nebula-in-the-constellation-andromeda-and-stars-in-the-neck-of-the-constellation-cetus-seen-in-1667-by-ismael-bulialdus, accessed on 05 December 2024

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