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Celestial globe
Celestial globe within the case. Astronomical details on the inside of the case are the same as Ferguson, GLB0057. Stars are represented by different symbols, but a magnitude table is absent. The Milky Way is labelled. A total of six stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Four of the southern constellations are drawn as well as those of Plancius and Hevelius.
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Object Details
| ID: | GLB0051.2 |
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| Type: | Celestial globe |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Adams, Dudley |
| Date made: | circa 1795 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 76 mm |
| Parts: |
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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