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Celestial globe gores RMG L8066-001
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Celestial globe gores RMG L8066-001

Celestial globe goresCelestial globe gores. Astronomical details on the gores are the same as Matthaeus Greuter GLB0143. There is a labelled magnitude table to the left of Ursa Major. The brightness of the stars are indicated by a number. The Milky Way and the Small Magellanic Cloud are labelled, and the Large Magellanic Cloud is drawn but not labelled. The nova in Cassiopeia is labelled and several comets are noted, for example, above Sagittarius. Below Cetus there is a cartouche with a precession table. A total of 24 stars and six star groups are named including Plaustrum, which is represented by an archer in a chariot drawn by horses. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Six of the southern constellations are drawn as well as those of Plancius. The constellations are drawn in the style of Blaeu's 680 mm celestial globe. The overall measurement is for each of the 24 half gores. For full details about the cartography and construction of these gores please refer to the related publication, Globes at Greenwich. Celestial globe gores. GLB0234

Date
1636–1695
Mapmaker / publisher
Domenico de Rossi
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
chart
Original size
2,635 × 4,800 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Celestial globe gores RMG L8066-001" (1636–1695). Domenico de Rossi, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Celestial_globe_gores_RMG_L8066-001.tiff

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