Sources

The Sky Tonight website features high quality images of the constellations taken from historical sources, courtesy (at launch) of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, and prepared by website curators Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple and Aja Tolman. "Sources" as used here are the original publications from which the high resolution images available on this site were taken. Contributing libraries, repositories and curators provide high quality digitized source images in the public domain or distributed under a Creative Commons license.

See also: Sources in Preparation.

Displaying Results 1 - 35 of 35

Source	Date	Tradition	Contributor	Status
Urania’s Mirror	1825	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Uploaded
Bode, Uranographia	1801	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Uploaded
Messier, “Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d’Étoiles”	1774	Ptolemaic, Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Uploaded
Galileo, Sidereus Nuncius	1610	Ptolemaic, Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Uploaded
Hyginus, Poeticon astronomicon	1485	Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Uploaded
Bainbridge, An astronomicall description	1619	Ptolemaic, Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Uploaded
Bayer, Uranometria	1661	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Uploaded
Coronelli, Celestial Globe Gores	1693	Ptolemaic, Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Bode, Vorstellung der Gestirne	1782	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Flamsteed, Atlas coelestis	1729	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Gallucci, Theatrum mundi	1588	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
von Littrow, Atlas des Gestirnten Himmels	1839	Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Gaffarel, Unheard-of Curiosities	1650	Hebrew or Kabbalah	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Whitwell, An Astronomical Catechism	1818	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Saulnier, Égypte	1822	Egyptian or Hieroglyphic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Baba, Nobutake	1706	Asian	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Boeddicker, The Milky Way	1892	Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Williams, Observations of Comets	1871	Asian	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Hesiod, Opera	1559	Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Brahe, Opera omnia	1648	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Aratos, Phenomena	1547	Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Grassi, De tribus cometis	1619	Ptolemaic, Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Piccolomini, De le Stelle Fisse	1540	Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Ptolemy, Opera	1541	Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Abu Ma’shar, Introductorium in astronomiam	1489	Islamic, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Schickard, Astroscopium (1698)	1698	Ptolemaic, Modern, Biblical	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Montanari, Sopra la Sparizione D'Alcune Stelle	1671		History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Kepler, De stella nova	1606	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Coronelli, Epitome Cosmografica	1693	Ptolemaic, Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Lubieniecki, Theatrum cometicum	1666, 1668	Ptolemaic, Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Halley, Catalogus stellarum australium	1679		History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Lubieniecki, Theatrum cometicum	1666, 1668	Ptolemaic, Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
LaCaille, Planisphere contenant les Constellations Celestes	1756	Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Hevelius, Uranographia	1690	Ptolemaic, Modern	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing
Flamsteed, Atlas Celeste; ed. Fortin	1776	Modern, Ptolemaic	History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	Currently in processing