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Detail View: Rylands Collection: Path of the Comet

Image Number: 
JRL17121740
Reference Number: 
SC13129E
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Path of the Comet
Parent Work Title: 
Johannis Hevelii Descriptio cometæ anno ... M.DC.LXV. exorti, cum genuinis observationibus ... habitis Gedani : Cui addita est Mantissa prodromi cometici, observationes omnes prioris cometæ MDCLXIV ... exhibens.
Creator: 
Hevelius, Johannes, 1611-1687
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1666
Publication Details: 
Gedani i.e. Danzig: autoris typis et sumptibus, imprimebat S. Reiniger
Description: 
Fig.E, Engraving of the path of the comet in 1665.
Keyword: 
Comets; Astronomy; Solar System; Near-Earth objects.
Language Code: 
lat-PL
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Astronomy
Subject: 
Comets
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Engraving (printing process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Poland: Pomorskie: Gdańsk
Time Period Covered: 
17th Century CE
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2017-12-12
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-01
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands