ɪt wʌzɐ fˌæsᵻnˈeɪʃən fɔːɹ ɐstɹˈɑːnəmi wˌɪtʃ lˈɛd ᵻlˌɪsɐbˈɛθə, wˌɛn stˈɪl ˈoʊnli ɐ tʃˈaɪld, tʊ ɐpɹˈoʊtʃ dʒˈoʊhænz hɛvˈiːlɪəs, ɐn ɐstɹˈɑːnəmɚɹ ʌv ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl ɹᵻpjˈuːt hˌuː hæd ɐ kˈɑːmplɛks ʌv θɹˈiː hˈaʊzᵻz ɪn dˈænzɪɡ wˌɪtʃ kəntˈeɪnd ðə bˈɛst əbzˈɜːvətˌoːɹi ɪnðə wˈɜːld.
It was a fascination for astronomy which led Elisabetha, when still only a child, to approach Johannes Hevelius, an astronomer of international repute who had a complex of three houses in Danzig which contained the best observatory in the world.