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Sphere and stand Long Caption: Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere are almost the same as Doppelmayr GLB0076. The only differences being that the sphere is thickly varnished, and the brass meridian ring is graduated in an amateurish way. The hour circle and pointer are also missing. There is a labelled magnitude table below Crater. The Milky Way is labelled and the Magellanic Clouds are depicted but not labelled. A total of 16 stars and four star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Three of the southern constellations are drawn, as well as those of Plancius and all those of Hevelius. However, not all the constellations are labelled. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection Object: GLB0087 Artist: Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr Date: 1730 Medium: papier mache; plaster; copper plate engraved; ink; paper; varnish; brass; wood; hand-coloured Size: 310 mm x 303 mm; sphere diameter: 200 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.