Sagittarius Constellation
by Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library
Title
Sagittarius Constellation
Artist
Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Sagittarius constellation. 17th century engraving of Sagittarius (the Archer), overlaid with the positions of the stars that make up this constellation. Here, the archer is a centaur (half-man, half-horse). This is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac. 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.
Uploaded
September 15th, 2018
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Sagittarius Constellation. Click here to post the first comment.