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Celestial floor globe

titelCelestial floor globe 
inventarisnummerGLB0090 
collectieGlobes    
museumNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich   National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
datum1838  
omschrijvingCelestial floor globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Newton GLB0089. Astronomical details on the sphere include a magnitude table above the title in a rectangular cartouche. The stars are marked by their Bayer notation and numbers from other star catalogues are included. The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are labelled, and there are labels for novae and variable stars. A total of 54 stars and four star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Seven of the southern constellations are shown, as well as those of Plancius and all those of Hevelius. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication. 
afmetingenOverall: 1182 x 678 mm; Sphere diameter: 508 mm   
 

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