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Image number: RS.10443
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Northern planisphere, from John Flamsteed’s ‘Atlas Coelestis’
Date
1729
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Abraham Sharp (1653 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
Object type
Library reference
39359
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 540mm
width (print): 530mm
width (print): 530mm
Subject
Content object
Description
The stars of the northern hemisphere.
Map 27 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 27 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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