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Image number: RS.10441
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Hydra, from John Flamsteed’s ‘Atlas Coelestis’
Date
1729
After
James Thornhill (1675 - 1734, British) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
39359
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height (print): 520mm
width (print): 1000mm
width (print): 1000mm
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Description
The constellation Hydra (the sea serpent), with Crater (the cup), Corvus (the crow or raven), Sextans (the sextant) and Virgo (the virgin).
Map 14 from John Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729).
This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646-1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica.
Map 14 from John Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729).
This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646-1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica.
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