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Globe x-ray Long Caption: Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere show a labelled magnitude table above a cartouche. For some variable stars the range in magnitudes is also given. A total of 42 stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Eight of the southern constellations are drawn as well as those of Plancius, those of Hevelius, except Triangulum Minus, and those of Lacaille. However, not all the constellations are labelled. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection Object: GLB0074 Artist: Newton Son & Berry Date: 1838 Medium: plaster; hand-coloured; brass; wood; papier mache; copper-plate engraved; varnish; ink Size: 247 mm x 162 mm; sphere diameter: 150 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.