Pleiades star cluster
Date
1610
After
Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642, Italian) , Astronomer
Object type
Library reference
Tracts X2/1
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 215mm
width (page): 155mm
width (page): 155mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Astronomical chart of the Pleiades showing 36 stars.
Inscribed ‘PLEIADUM CONSELLATIO’.
Plate in Siderius nuncius by Galileo Galilei, (Venice, Thomas Baglioni, 1610).
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian polymath, and known as the father of observational astronomy. Siderius nuncius (Starry Messenger) was the first published work to incorporate scientific observation by telescope.
Inscribed ‘PLEIADUM CONSELLATIO’.
Plate in Siderius nuncius by Galileo Galilei, (Venice, Thomas Baglioni, 1610).
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian polymath, and known as the father of observational astronomy. Siderius nuncius (Starry Messenger) was the first published work to incorporate scientific observation by telescope.
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