Globe x-ray

F7357-001

Globe x-ray Long Caption: Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere include a magnitude table inside a cartouche, below Cetus. The stars are marked by their Bayer notation. The Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud are labelled; there are labels for novae in Cygnus and in Ophiuchus. A total of 13 stars and four star groups are named, with one star written in manuscript. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and the four non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Two of the southern constellations are drawn as well as those of Plancius and some of those of Hevelius. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection Object: GLB0147 Artist: Jacques Hardy Date: 1738 Medium: papier mache; wood; plaster; brass; hand-coloured; varnish; paint; paper; ink; copper plate engraved Size: 545 mm x 480 mm; sphere diameter: 315 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.