Old star charts and celestial maps
Maps of the sky: star charts with the constellations drawn as figures, celestial hemispheres and planispheres from the atlases of the 17th to 19th centuries.
Why they are free to use: Most were published more than a century ago, so their copyright has expired. Each map's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
Constellations
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Constellation figures
January 17, 2012 · Wikimedia Commons
The constellations, with astrological signs of the zodiac - Atlas Coelestis (1660), 192-193 - BL
1660 · Wikimedia Commons
1660 celestial chart representing the constellations according to Christian symbolism
1660 · Wikimedia Commons
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1515 · Wikimedia Commons
1911 Britannica-Constellation-1
1911 · Wikimedia Commons
Cellarius southern scenographic
1661 · Wikimedia Commons
The Constellations (July, August, September).
1856 · Wikimedia Commons
print, map
1515 · 2 sheets
Celestial hemispheres
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1660 celestial map illustrating the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere superimposed over the earth's Southern Hemisphere
1660 · Wikimedia Commons
Stellarum fixarum hemisphaerium boreale- The northern hemisphere projected on the plane of the aequator in which all the stars contain'd in the Britannick Catalogue (as publish'd by Dr Halley) are carefully laid down and RMG F9892
1690 · Wikimedia Commons
Hemisphere Austral et Hemisphere Boreal
1776 · Wikimedia Commons
Hémisphère septentrional (-méridional) du globe du firmament. Le globe convexe (-concave) du firmament représenté en deux planhémisphères. (Nouvelle édition.)
1697 · Wikimedia Commons
A celestial planisphere, or map of the heavens
1835 · Library of Congress
Cellarius southern scenographicFXD
1661 · Wikimedia Commons
Stellarum fixarum hemisphaerium australe- The southern hemisphere projected on the plane of the aequator in which all the stars in the Britannick Catalogue and those observ'd by Dr Edm Halley at the Is of St Helena are RMG L8069
1690 · Wikimedia Commons
Stellarum fixarum hemisphaerium australe- The southern hemisphere projected on the plane of the aequator in which all the stars in the Britannick Catalogue and those observ'd by Dr Edm Halley at the Is of St Helena are RMG F9893
1690 · Wikimedia Commons
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