File:Celestial table globe RMG D7259-1.tiff
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Newton Son & Berry |
Description |
English: Celestial table globeAstronomical details on the globe include 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.
The sphere is covered with a plaster coating and twelve full gores and two polar calottes. The gores are copper-engraved, hand-coloured and varnished. The sphere is mounted in a brass meridian half-circle which is not graduated. The meridian half-circle is supported by a wooden single-pedestal stand on which it rests in a groove cut into the pedestal and is held in place by a pin. The cartography is Latin and English. There are co-ordinates with hour circles every I5° and parallels every 10°. The equator is graduated for degrees, for hours and is labelled. The ecliptic is graduated, labelled and provided with the symbols and the numbers of the signs of the zodiac. Along the ecliptic, there is a zodiacal grid. There are labels for the north ecliptic pole, the polar circles, the colures, the circle of peretual apparition at London and the circle of perpetual occultation at London. The tropic of Capricorn is drawn but not labelled. The sphere bears an inscription and date in English. |
Date |
1838 date QS:P571,+1838-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Dimensions | Overall: 247 x 162 mm; Diameter of sphere: 150 mm |
Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/19761 |
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1935-9002C id number: GLB0074 reference number: G.74 |
Collection InfoField | Globes |
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