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hail-(hot, and part of it plainly fcorch’t and fhrunk up, as by 
fire; and divers offuch lmall holes in his fhirt too, yet with¬ 
out any hurt in his body; fave.that he found fome pain in his 
foot. One fide of his (hoe alfo was half torn, and the Soal 
fidewards pierced through, as ’twere,with hail (hot. 

Yet there dyed not any one of all them that were hurt; 
they recovering either of themfelves, or by the advice and 
help of others. 

AnExtraft of a Letter of M.Hevelius, written to the Publi- 
fherfrom Dantzjck^ Auguft ^ 1670. Concerning a New 
Star ^lately difcover’d in the Confiellation of the Swan, 
together with the prelent Appearance of the Planet 
Saturn . 


Yf'Tiamfi non dubitem.ultimas me as Tibi ejje tr adit at, ni. 

I ~\ hilominus tatnen hifce Te rurfus invifere volui^quo vos 
cle Obfivatione quadam notatu digna certioresfacerem, mentew 
quefmul meant ea cle re vobis exponerem : De Nova videlicet 
ilia Fixa circa Cygnum, nuper deprehens a ; non quidem de ilia , 
qu<e in Pettore ejus jam Anno 1 600 illuxit , <& Anno 1660 rur- 
Jits evanuity ac denuo Anno 1666. rnenfe Stptembri, injlar ftel- 
luhsi Septimae magnitudinis emicuit ; de qua eo tempore.ft rede 
memini , fnftus vobisperfcripfcram : Sed de Fixa prorfus diverfa , 
Ter dae magnitudinis fere , circa & infra caput Cygni, inter in. 
formes confpicua y cujus Longitudo 1°. 52'. 26" & Latitude 

47 0 . if. 22"* Bor. mo do exifiit.ut obfervationes, die 21 Julii a 
mehabit<ejuculenterofendHnt. Novam antem fellamhancip- 
fam omnino ejje, & tn Ccelo ad annum 1660 penitus inconjpicu- 
am futfje.non eft quod qnijquam dubitet. Nam, ut nofli , a p/uri- 
misjam annis^<& Planetarurrs & Fixarum obfervationibus ntaxi- 
me ( quod preefifeine dixerim) operam dedi, ftcut non folum om- 
nes illas <zTychone olim obfervatas^ globoque adferiptas , fed 
& reliquas hademis negleCtas , nudo tamen oculo bene confpicttat , 
turn Quarts turn Quints turn Sexts magnitudinis , in qitibujvis 
Afterifmis accurate notaremftnque catalogum referrem : quo iw 
pojierum eofacilius , f qua nova prodirct Fixa , deprehenderetur . 
Accidit igitur.nt Anno jam 1 6 5 9, i 66 o } & i&Si,p ara que Jlel- 


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las Hits omnes fin Ajhrifmo Cygni apparentes^jumma diligentia 
debitis Organs s dimenjus fuerim.atque it a omnes i lias Mi am circa. 
Collum,& Caput deprebenjlbiles.notaverim^arumque dijlantias g 
diverfisfixis ceperim^nuHam ant cmjhlitm ttrria? magnitudiniseo 
loco, ubijam didst nova notalur , turn deprebendi 5 quam tamen 
optivie^ji adfuijjet conjpexijjem. Nam cum (jub not a 6,7.) ia.de* 

line at tone nofira, fuprafcilicet cujpidem al£ Borealis AquiJse, & 
quidem multo minoresjum [b^ duantm injbrmiumfibipxxt Cyg* 
ni precedentiumfinferiorem, tumipfum Caput fext£ Magnitude 
nis^nec non c.d. n,m,l k, Stellas Stxtae & Quintae magnitude 
probe ac dijlintle viderim $ quidni etiam hone ad duos trejve gra* 
diis ah his remotam,^ quidem Tertis magnit. objervajfem} Sic 
ut primo hinc certusJim, Anno 1660 & i6Hi hancjlellam nondum 
extitijje vifibitem. Delude , dare eiiam paiet ex Bayeri "Urano* 
metria 3 hanemodb didamnovamStellam neque Anno \ 6 o%.ap* 
paruifjefii per confequens nequeTy chordmulto minus Hipparcho. 
Siquidem & Bayerus Fixam tant£ magniiudinis deprehendijjet % 
cum baud proculab ilia aliam (jub nnme 0 8.) in meo Schemata 
Sextae Magnit. depinxerit: prout in Ajlerifmo ejus Cygni videre 
eJl.At, inquies , forte ea ipfa ejlquant tu novam dicis quippe cunt 
Bayerus congruk organic jlellas ill as baud obfervaverit fierijaciie 
potuitf ut a veroejui loco ad gradumpvel pauloplus , aberraverit„ 
Sed.crede idfadum non efl^ quandoquidem jlelia ilia parvula (8) 
adhttc eodem loco.ubi Bayerus fere earn depojuit.commoratur. nec 
major ejl Jlella fext£ magnitudinis, ut eodem tempore ei videba - 
tur. Dijlat enim.ut ipfemet nuper deprebendi^ab ore Pegafi 32*. 
39'. o "; dextrogenu Pegafi 39°. 3 id 45''' } bine provenit ejut 
Longitude 0°. 6 / , 28". & Lat.\ 6 *, 1 i'. 14". Bor, ad annum 

feilicet currentem 1670. comp/et.julio. At nova [aj elungatur ab 
ore Pegafi 32*. 31'. 35", & b dextro genu Pegafi 3&*. 18'. 50''; 
ex quibus dijlantiis Longitudo i° 52’. 26". ^ & Latitudo 47*. 
2 5', 2 boreal, elicitur. Adto ut h£C Nova plane fit diverfa ab 
ilia texts magnitudinis, a Bayero notata ’-> (quanquam h£ dus 
nondum ad duos gradus ab invicem removentur.) Atqueex did is 


Manifefium fit, banc Novam nec anno i 6 c%. nec anno 1660, 
inter casteras emicuijfeJlellas. £>ub autem Ajlrophili eb dijlin• 
dius turn Jiellam illam , turn locum ejus cognofcant , volui to - 
turn Cygnum } (Vid ♦ Tab. I* Fig ♦ 1. ) cum adharentibus 

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ftcdis , nec non omnibus ill is minoribus , Globo ha&eitt* non- 
dim adfcriptis , we per diftantias varias fedulo obferoai 
tis. delineatam dare , ac lllujlrijfim£ Societati quantocius 
tranfmittere j ut fimui conftet , quot incognitis Fixis After - 
ifmos omnes 3 divinaope, hucufque jam ditaverim ac ex ornave- 
rim. Ego /<? r o Cygno 3 5. addidi j quippe Tycho non nift 18. 
in ftuo Catalogo exhibet , quibus Kepplerus 8 addiclit, pic ut 
ConjlelUtio Cygni in Globo noftro 6o. fere fields fixis nunc 
luceat, Dectetero, bene impofterum attendendum erit, an fa- 
fins did a Stella [V] in eadem magnitudine fit permanjura , an 
verb ratione magnitudinis luminifque diverjam aliquant indu¬ 
ct it facient ? Cum primitus a me ojbftrvabatur , quoad nrag- 
nitudinem & fplendorem , ftelU in Pettore Aquilse tequabatur , 
nt ft quod aliquant o obtufioris fuerit luminis 5 quoad fltum, re-- 
fpe&u reliquarum ftellarum , in linea recta cum ilia in Ancone 
alec fitperioris Cygni, & ilia in burnero Aquila?, nec non cum 
lucida Lyra?, & ilia in Rhombo Ddphini, me di arum Borealiori 
conjftebat ; triangulum verb Kquilaterum cum ilia in Capite 
& Roftro Cygni conftituebat. Altera verb ilia Nova in Pe* 
ttore Cygni , qu£ rurfus , Anno 1 666. illuxit , fenfim crefcere 
videtur, quanquam necdttm major eft jiellis fextje magnitu- 
dinis , ac minor aclhucillis tribusj m, 1 , & k, in CoJlo a me 
obfervatis . At ilia in Colio Ccti, non maxime fplende.t , quip- 
pe Secundas fire magnitud. turn inftgnis claritatis vide - 
tvr. 

Vltim'o , hefterna die, (26. Augufti) optimam occafi- 
onem n aft us fuerim 5 ccclo admodum annuente, Teleftopium 
Mud, so. pedes longum, quod non ita pridcm mihi tranfmi* 
fiftis,ad fidera adhibui , quidem primo ad Lunatn 5 invent, 

quod officio fuo adeo fati fadat , merit'd habeam , cur vobh 

maxima* agam gratia* ♦ Saturnum, at Luna fuerit pres- 

fens 3 Jatis fuperque vires etiam Jvas extendit fiquidem fact * 
ejus nitidijjime ac clarijfime detegebat. Quali autem mihi 
apparuit , adjeda delincatio ( fid.Tab. 1. Fig. 2.) commonflra- 
bit. Videbi* Saturnum hoc tempore 3 alta fciU Aquila 24*. 3 d c" 
in diftantia ab extrema Alte Pegafi 33*. 48', o".& ab Ore.ejus 24°. 
51'. 4c 1 '. in 4°* 11'. Piiciuni, 1°. 5 3'. La tit. Aufir.^m 
ipfa , nempe opfofitione Solis exiftente Saturno, alia. 

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fade , quam Cl. Hugenio, turn Vobis Anno 1 666. turn 
"Paiifienlibus 1668 apparere. Siquidem Annulus, qtti Satur- 
iium circmdaty mult a nunc aril i or , comprejjtorque animadver - 
jus, qu am ilto tempore , quaff obliquiori , refpeUu Terra , 

incedat. Non dubitoji Vefirates ilium nuper obfervarunt , 
e<We#/ ik quoque apparuerit 5 »<*/« fumma diligentia 
ilium adumbravi, 

Nomina Stellarum Cygni a Tychoni obfervatarum. 

Magnify 

Roftrum Cygni 3. 

Nova Pe&oris A.i(?03.a Keplero obferv. 3 raagn. 6. 
V.Tab.i. p e<au3 3 6 

Figure 1. Cauda 2 \ 

In Ancone ales Bores ** 

In Ancone alas Auftr. « 

Extrema alas Auftr* 

In Capite 
'n medio Colli 
Extrema 8 c Suprema alas Bor. 

Penultima f. Media 
Antepenultima f. infima a Is Bor. 
in Boreo pede prscedens 
lequens 

In Auftrali pede praecedens 
fequens 

In principio als Auftr* 

In vola alx Auftr.Bor. 

Media 
Infima 

In Cufpide als Auftr. 

Informium Tub ala Auftr* Auftralium praecedens 

r _ . . lequens lit, 

Uuarum informium caput Cygni prx- ? j, 

cedentium inferior C nHm 

Supra Culpidem als Bor.Aquils Auftr. 6 . 

Borealis 7. 

Nomina 





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Nomina Stellar u m Cygni A JohAlevctio Obfer vat arum* 

Magn, Ltt* 

Duarutn informiutn^caputCygni pra?cedentium,fuperior.6. c * 
Ad Genam Cygni . _ 5. d* 

Nova Tub capite Cygni in via La&ea,trium fuperio-? 

rum praecedens .5 a ' 

Media 5. 0 , 

Ultima f. p. 

Sub capite Cygni in via laftea Tub ipfo Tropico 5. r . 

Sub cap. duarum inferiorum fup.Tropic.feq. 5. q. 

Infra lucidiorem Colli 5. ». 

Supra lucidiorem Colli trium prxcedens 5. g. 

media 5. /. 

fequens 5. tn a 

Sub novaPe&orisprima 6. /. 

fecunda 6. 

Informis in via La&ea prscedens coll urn 5. 

In Cufpide alas Vulturis 5. e. 

In fuperiori parte Ventrisprxcedens /. 

fequens 5. *{, 

Infitna Ventris 5« 

in edudione Caudse praecedens s . 

fequens 5, y. 

In Extremitate Cauda? Borealis 5. M . 

Auftral, 6, ^ 

Infra pedem Auftrinum 5. /. 

Infra Caudam intormis 5. *, 

Supra Caudam nebulofa. _ 6 . e. 

Supra fagittam 5 c fab Tropico trium pracedentiura /, 

media 6. u. 

Supra fagittam Auftral. 5 c proximior 6 . t. 

Supra fagittam 8c fab Tropico trium feq. _ 6 . x. 

Supra Del ph. 3 alam Auftr.Cygni verfus/inferior '& prima 5. 1. 

lecunda 6 k 3 

Sub ipfo Tropico tertia 6, 3. 

Su raTropicum quarta 6 . 4. 

Ultima five quinta 6 . 

Informium fupraDelph. 5 mediam fub ipfoTropico praced.6. 9. 
Infortnium fupra Deiphinum.,inferiorem fequens 6 . io^ 

Sub Cavhe.novam [Y] prjecedens 6 . 8’ 

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