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Description: | GLOBUS / CCE-LESTIS NOVUS / Loca stellarum fixarum / sec. cel. IOH. HEVELIUM / ad anum 1730 exhibens / Opera / I.G. DOPPELMAIERI M.P.P. / exacte concinatus / a / Ioh. Geor. Puschnero / Chalcographo Norib. / A. C. 1730.
Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Doppelmayr GLB0075. Astronomical details on the sphere show a labelled magnitude table below Crater. The Milky Way is labelled. The Magellanic Clouds are depicted but not labelled. A total of 16 stars and four star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. In addition, three of the southern constellations are drawn, as well as those of Plancius and Hevelius. However, not all the constellations are labelled. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Terrestrial and Celestial Globes by Dopplemayer, 1730
caption: Sphere and stand
caption: Cartouche below Cetus
caption: Globe x-ray | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Celestial globe celestial globes Petrus Table globe X-ray Petrus Plancius | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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