The Sky Tonight— images from historic star atlases, keyed to the modern constellationsBetween Cepheus and Pegasus; no bright stars, but within the Milky Way.
One of the seven constellations created by the Polish astronomers Elisabeth and Johannes Hevelius, in 1687 / 1690.
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Bode (1801), Plate 1: Aries Planisphere Uranographia Tab I. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Arietis. Bode included two planisphere plates. They are not southern and northern hemispheres; each one has Polaris at the top and the south pole at the bottom. Each… |
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Bode (1801), plate 4: Lacerta | 1801 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Cygnus more | 1825 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) figure: Lacerta more | 1825 |
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