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Double Stars and Clusters.
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Double Stars and Clusters.
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English: This rare chart of star clusters and double stars was engraved W. G. Evans of New York for Burritt’s Atlas to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens. Notes important clusters and star systems including the Pleiades, the Perseus cluster, the Andromeda system, and the Polaris system. This unusual chart appeared in the 1856 edition of Burritt’s Atlas and was not present in earlier edition.
Date 1856 (dated)
Dimensions height: 14.5 in (36.8 cm); width: 13.5 in (34.2 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,14.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,13.5U218593
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Geographicus link: Clusters-burrit-1856
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Burritt, E., Atlas Designed to Illustrate Burritt's Geography of the Heavens, 1856 edition.

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