Paper, regarding a comet witnessed in Croatia in January 1663 by Sir Robert Moray
Reference number: CLP/8i/7
Date: 09 March 1663
Description
Description of a comet seen on 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. Includes a figure in the text of the comet.
Subject: Astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on 9 March 1663
- Reference number
- CLP/8i/7
- Earliest possible date
- 09 March 1663
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Moray, Paper, regarding a comet witnessed in Croatia in January 1663 by Sir Robert Moray, 09 March 1663, CLP/8i/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_7/paper-regarding-a-comet-witnessed-in-croatia-in-january-1663-by-sir-robert-moray, accessed on 12 October 2024
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