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Bayer, Johannes, 1564 - 1617 (astronomer)

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Lunar observations and star catalogues, 1690 - 1702

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/20
Scope and Contents A compilation of lunar observations, with star catalogues, mainly in Flamsteed's hand, 184 folios. The volume includes 'Lunae Observationes Britannicae Regiae' ('Lunar Observations of the British Realm') made between May 1675 and September 1689, with data from various sources and analytical notes (3r-94r); 'Claudii Ptolemei ... Fixarum Catalogus' (Ptolemy's catalogue of the fixed stars), translated into Latin and compared with other catalogues by Flamsteed, 1702 (105r-128r); calculations...
Dates: 1690 - 1702
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