Before Elizabeth Hevelius: Maria Cunitia and Observational Astronomy in the 17thc.
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Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology, 2024, Volume 69, Issue 3, pp. 135 - 144
https://doi.org/10.4467/0023589XKHNT.24.026.20111Authors
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A Silesian astronomer, Maria Cunitia (1610?–1664) became known as the author of Urania propitia (1650), i.e. astronomical tables based on Johannes Kepler’s Rudolphine Tables (1627), which she adapted to facilitate their use. However, little has been said about Cunitia’s observations of the sky with the use of advanced astronomical instruments. In this paper, we intend to use all extant printed and manuscript sources to draw a picture of Cunitia as an active astronomer engaged in astronomical observations. Considering the fact that in the years 1648–1654 Cunitia and her husband, Elias von Löwen (Crätschmair, 1602?–1661), exchanged a number of letters with Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687), we will argue that Cunitia could have been an inspiration of sorts to Hevelius who sought the assistance of his second wife, Elizabeth (née Koopman, 1647–1693) married in 1663, in his own astronomical endeavours.
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Information: Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology, 2024, Volume 69, Issue 3, pp. 135 - 144
Article type: Original article
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Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland
Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Poland
Published at: 02.10.2024
Received at: 11.12.2023
Accepted at: 10.02.2024
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