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Description: | SOLD BY W. & S. JONES, / Holborn London.
THE / NEW TWELVE INCH / British Celestial Globe, / Containing the exact positions of more than 3800 FIX'D / STARS, Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae, &c: according / to the Latest Discoveries and Observations, of / D. r Maskelyne, D. r Herschell, and other eminent / Astronomers. And corrected to the / present period.
Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere include a labelled magnitude table above Bootes. The stars are marked by the Bayer notation and by Flamsteed numbers. The Milky Way is labelled. There is a nova in Cetus and one, labelled 'Nova 1669' in Vulpecula. A total of 38 stars and four star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. In addition, there are six southern constellations as well as those of Plancius, Hevelius and Lacaille. Not all of the constellations are labelled. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
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caption: Inscription below Crater | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Bardin Celestial globe celestial globes Petrus Table globe Petrus Plancius | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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