Johannes Hevelius

Portrait by [[Daniel Schultz]] Johannes Hevelius (in German also known as ''Hevel''; ; – 28 January 1687) was a councillor and mayor of Danzig (Gdańsk), in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. As an astronomer, he gained a reputation as "the founder of lunar topography", and described ten new constellations, seven of which are still used by astronomers. Provided by Wikipedia
Showing 1 - 2 results of 2 for search 'Hevelius, Johannes 1611-1687'
query time: 0.01s Refine Results
  1. 1
    by Hevelius, Johannes 1611-1687
    Published 1968
    Book
  2. 2
    by Hevelius, Johannes, 1611-1687
    Published 1981
    Book
Search Tools: RSS Feed Save Search