The Nova of 1670 Recorded by Hevelius (IMAGE)

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The Nova of 1670 Recorded by Hevelius

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This chart of the position of a nova (marked in red) that appeared in the year 1670 was recorded by the famous astronomer Hevelius and was published by the Royal Society in England in their journal Philosophical Transactions.

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