Elisabeth Hevelius: Observational Astronomer

dc.contributor.author	Magruder, Kerry
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-24T15:08:11Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-24T15:08:11Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	Elisabeth Hevelius, wife of Johann Hevelius, was an astronomer in her own right. They worked together in the observatory of their Gdansk home to measure angular widths and distances with a great sextant, which required two observers at a time. The Sextant was among the new constellations they proposed in Uranographia (1690), the most detailed and influential celestial atlas of the 17th century. The Uranographia contains 54 beautiful double page engraved plates of 73 constellations, and 2 oversized folding plates of planispheres.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Kerry Magruder, "Elisabeth Hevelius: Observational Astronomer," Lynx Open Ed, 2015.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11244/23340
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Learning Leaflet;
dc.subject	Women in Science	en_US
dc.subject	Galileo's World	en_US
dc.subject	History of Science	en_US
dc.subject	Women's Studies.	en_US
dc.subject	astronomy	en_US
dc.title	Elisabeth Hevelius: Observational Astronomer	en_US
dc.type	Learning Object	en_US