Exhibit 2001 Lubieniecki

Lubieniecki, Stanislaw, 1623-1675.

Stanislai de Lubienietz Lubieniecii ... Theatrum cometicum, : duabus partibus constans, qu arum altera frequenti senatu philosophico conspicua, cometas anni 1664 & 1665 variis virorum per Europam clariss. cum quibus auctor de hoc argumento contulit, observationibus, dissertationibus, animadversionibus descriptos & quinquaginta novem figuris aeneis illustratos, exhibet ... altera continet Historiam ccccxv. cometarum, a tempore diluvii ad ann. 1665 ... Et Theatri cometici exitus, sive De significatione cometarum ...

Amstelodami, : Typis Danielis Baccamude, apud Franciscum Cuperum, sumptibus authoris., 1666-1668.

 

 

Stanislaw Lubienecki produced this illustrated diagram of Orion and neighboring constellations for his Theater of Comets. Note the path of the comet of 1665 passing through the mouth of Cetus the whale.

 
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Can you find another comet path on this page?

The Dudley Observatory

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