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'The Description of a Nubecula'

Reference number: RBO/4/13

Date: 18 February 1669

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Discovery of a 'new star' between the constellations Cancer and Hydra by Mr John Aubrey on 27 April 1668
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RBO/4/13
Earliest possible date
18 February 1669
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1 page
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Manuscript

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'The Description of a Nubecula', 18 February 1669, RBO/4/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_4_13/the-description-of-a-nubecula, accessed on 15 May 2025

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