Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Francis Aston, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
Reference number: EL/H2/58
Date: 30 September 1683
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States that he sends observations of the recent comet with discussion of his star atlas 'Uranographia'
Read to the Royal Society on 28 November 1683
- Reference number
- EL/H2/58
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- 30 September 1683
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Johannes Hevelius
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Johannes Hevelius, Johannes Hevelius, Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Francis Aston, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 30 September 1683, EL/H2/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_58/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-francis-aston-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 07 June 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Francis Aston
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Johannes Hevelius
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