The Sky Tonight— images from historic star atlases, keyed to the modern constellationsLocated between Ophiuchus and Draco. Look for the Keystone, a trapezoid of four stars.
Hercules is included in the ancient star catalogs of Eudoxos of Knidos, Aratos of Soli, and Ptolemy.
Legendary hero who performed dozens of labors.
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Hercules | 1661 |
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Hercules, detail | 1661 |
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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… |
1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 2: Libra Planisphere Uranographia Tab II. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Librae. 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… |
1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 8 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 8: Fine Art Photo | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 8: Hercules Bode combines the historical asterisms "Cerberus" and "Ramus Ponifer the Apple Branch" into one asterism, "Cerberus Ramus." |
1801 |
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Hyginus (1485) figure: Hercules | 1485 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Hercules more | 1825 |
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