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Space/Science » in reply to And 400 years ago today, an astronmy milestone.

Not exactly, actually!

Harriot writes july 26 1609 but that was his Julian calendar. It corresponds to august 5 1609 (I checked this with Starry night and his drawing could not have been done on july 26 (other Moon phase), our current Gregorian calendar.

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