The Sky Tonight— images from historic star atlases, keyed to the modern constellationsLocated between Cygnus and Aquila, where the Milky Way divides into two branches.
One of the seven constellations created by the Polish astronomers Elisabeth and Johannes Hevelius in 1687.
Contains the first-discovered pulsar (a rapidly-pulsing radio source).
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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 8 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 8 (fine art photo) From Bode, Tab 8. |
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Bode (1801), plate 8: Vulpecula | 1801 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Cygnus more | 1825 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) figure: Vulpecula more | 1825 |
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