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Sphere with horizon and meridian ring Long Caption: Celestial navigational globe. Astronomical details on the sphere show stars represented by dots of various sizes and marked by their Bayer notation. A magnitude table is lacking. The constellations are represented by contour areas and some of the stars are connected by lines. A total of 19 stars and one star group are named. There are areas with names of the 48 Ptolemaic constellations and two non-Ptolemaic constellations. Nine of the southern constellations of Plancius are represented, as are two of Hevelius and three of Lacaille. Credit line: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: GLB0049 Artist: Francis Barker & Son Date: circa 1895 Medium: plaster; metal; printed paper; varnish; steel; wood; leather Size: Overall: 229 x 262 x 263 mm; Sphere diameter: 152 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.