Johannes and Elizabetha Hevelius

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🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Johannes Hevelius and his second wife and collaborator, Elisabetha were the 17th-century's astronomy power couple. For one, they had a personal observatory that was considered one of the most important in all Europe.

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