Johannes Hevelius
Videos
Johannes Hevelius was a councillor and chairman of the city council of the Old Town, Gdańsk. As an astronomer, he gained a reputation as "the founder of lunar topography", and described ten new conste
Peter Crüger's azimuthal quadrant, completed by Hevelius, his pupil
Engraving of Hevelius's telescopes on his rooftop observatorium.
Certificate conferring fellow of the Royal Society of Natural Sciences in London upon the Danzig astronomer Johannes Hevelius
Johannes Hevelius's tombstone in St Catherine's Church in Gdańsk
MS Jan Heweliusz
Videos
MS Jan Heweliusz was a Norwegian-built Polish ferry named after astronomer Johannes Hevelius that served on the route Ystad–Świnoujście. It was built in Norway in 1977 and was owned by Polish Ocean Li
Johannes Hevelius
…Polish Navy Ship ORP Heweliusz Polish ferry MS Jan Heweliusz, which sank in 1993 Hevelius (crater), Moon crater…
MS Jan Heweliusz in 1986, damaged after a fire