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Elisabeth Hevelius

Astronomer · Scientists · Lived 1647 to 1693 · aged 46

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Elisabeth Catherina Koopmann-Hevelius is considered one of the first female astronomers. She contributed to improve and published Prodromus Astronomiaecode: lat promoted to code: la , a comprehensive star catalog by her husband Johannes Hevelius in Danzig.

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Johannes and Elisabetha Hevelius observing the sky with a brass sextant (1673).Johannes and Elisabetha Hevelius observing the sky with a brass sextant (1673).Johannes and Elisabeth Hevelius observing the sky with a brass octant (1673).Johannes and Elisabeth Hevelius observing the sky with a brass octant (1673).

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Elisabeth Catherina Koopmann-Hevelius is considered one of the first female astronomers. She contributed to improve and published Prodromus Astronomiaecode: lat promoted to code: la , a comprehensive star catalog by her husband Johannes Hevelius in Danzig. Her contribution to astronomy was recognized posthumously, including the naming of a crater on planet Venus and an asteroid after her.

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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1647 to 1693 · aged 46

Scientists born in the 1640s 6

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