17th Century Photometric Data in the Form of Johannes Hevelius's Telescopic Measurements of the Apparent Diameters of Stars

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2010-01-08

arxiv.org/abs/1001.1168v2

Baltic Astronomy 2009, Vol. 18, p. 253-263

Physics

History and Philosophy of Physics

To Appear in Baltic Astronomy Revision includes two additional references (Buchwald; Shara, Moffat, Webbink)

Scientific paper

Johannes Hevelius's 1662 Mercurius in Sole Visus Gedani contains a table of
magnitudes and apparent telescopic diameters of nineteen stars. The data
conform to a simple model, suggesting that Hevelius produced what is
essentially a table of surprisingly precise photometric data.

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