MS Jan Heweliusz
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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
MS Jan Heweliusz in 1986, damaged after a fire
Johannes Hevelius
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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
MS Jan Heweliusz
…MS Jan Heweliusz was a Norwegian-built Polish ferry named after astronomer Johannes Hevelius (Polish: Jan Heweliusz) that served on the route Ystad–Świnoujście. It was built in Norway in 1977 and was owned by Polish Ocean Lines and operated by…
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