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Description: | Habes hic, Astrophile, / stellarum inerrantium ex / certiss. is D. Tych: Brahe obser / vationib, numero & disposi: / tione prae aliis, ano 1600. ac: / commodatarum Sphaeram / accuratissime expolitam; et / Australibus asterismis quod / novum a Frederico Hout: / mano observatis exornatam / Auctore Guilielmo Janss. 0 Blaeu.
Nobiliss is Illustriss is DD / Hollandiae, Zelandiae, et / Westfrisiae Ordinibus, / DD: suis Celementiss is / Hunc Astriferum inerrantium stellarum / globum summa cura et industria ador: / natum, debiti obsequi et gratitudinis / TEKUNPLOV D. D. D. / Guilielmus Janssonius Blaeu / 1602.
Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with a terrestrial globe, Blaeu GLB0152. Astronomical details on the sphere include a labelled magnitude table between Eridanus and Dorado in a cartouche. The Milky Way and the Megallanic Clouds are labelled, and there is a nova in Cassiopeia. A total of 17 stars and two star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn; the 12 southern constellations of Plancius are also drawn. All of the constellations follow the style of Saenredam but Bootes is shown here with dogs.
The data for the 12 southern constellations represented on this globe were copied from those on the Hondius globes, for example GLB0157, in spite of Blaeu's claim that they were observed by the Dutch astronomer, Frederik de Houtman. The latter's observations appeared for the first time on Blaeu's 340 mm globe of 1603, numbered GLB0101. Blaeu's 1602 globe, numbered GLB0152, bears the first public record of the nova in the northern constellation of Cygnus, based on observations by Blaeu himself. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Celestial Globe by Blaeu - cartouche
caption: Paired Celestial and Terrestrial globes by Bleau
caption: Celestial globe by Blaeu - southern sky
caption: Terrestrial Globe by Bleau - horizon ring
caption: nova in Cygnus
caption: Celestial table globe | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Celestial globe celestial globes Petrus Willem Jansz Table globe Frederik de Houtman Petrus Plancius Blaeu | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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