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English: The en:Perseus (constellation) constellation from Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius. The view is mirrored following the tradition of celestial globes, showing the celestial sphere in a view from "outside"
Русский: Лист W — Персей — Атласа звёздного неба Яна Гевелия, представляющего собой приложение к его книге «Prodromus Astronomiæ», опубликованной в 1690 году в Гданьске. Изображение — зеркальное, обычное для небесных глобусов, показывающее вид небесной сферы «извне».
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Source Atlas Coelestis. Johannes Hevelius drew the constellation in Uranographia, his celestial catalogue in 1690.
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