Ara Constellation #1
by Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library
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Ara Constellation #1
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Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Ara constellation. 17th century engraving of Ara (the Altar), overlaid with the positions of the stars that make up this constellation. Flames are seen on top of the altar. This star map is from Uranometria, a star atlas published in 1603 by the German astronomer Johann Bayer. It contained a total of 51 star maps, plotted using the most accurate observations of the time. It was the first star atlas to use reference grids on its maps, and the first to use Greek letters to identify individual stars, though it retained the traditional mythological depictions of the constellations.
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September 13th, 2018
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