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Sphere and box Long Caption: Celestial navigational globe. Astronomical details on the sphere show that only the brightest stars are plotted, for a limited number of constellations. There are neither constellation figures nor contours of their areas. Above the title inscription, there is a labelled magnitude table in a rectangular cartouche. Some stars are marked by their Bayer notation. A total of 29 stars and one star group are named. There are the names of only 27 Ptolemaic constellations and three of the non-Ptolemaic constellations. One of the constellations of Hevelius is named. Credit line: Caird Collection (via Flemming), National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: GLB0050 Artist: Cary & Co Date: circa 1900 Medium: plaster; varnish; papier mache; printed paper; brass; wood; ink Size: Overall: 216 x 220 x 221 mm; Sphere diameter: 142 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.