Cygnus Constellation #1
by Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library
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Cygnus Constellation #1
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Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Cygnus constellation, 15th century artwork. Engraving of Cygnus (the Swan), with Latin text. The black asterisks show the position of the stars that make up this constellation. This artwork is from the 1482 edition of Hyginus's Poeticon Astronomicon (Poetic Astronomy). This 1st-century BC star atlas was republished several times in the medieval period with woodcut engravings of the stars and constellations.
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September 21st, 2018
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