Celestial navigational globe
Celestial navigational globe. Astronomical details on the sphere show that only the brightest stars are plotted, for a limited number of constellations. There are neither constellation figures nor contours of their areas. Above the title inscription, there is a labelled magnitude table in a rectangular cartouche. Some stars are marked by their Bayer notation. A total of 29 stars and one star group are named. There are the names of only 27 Ptolemaic constellations and three of the non-Ptolemaic constellations. One of the constellations of Hevelius is named.
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Object Details
ID: | GLB0050.1 |
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Type: | Celestial navigational globe |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Cary & Co. |
Date made: | circa 1900 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Diameter: 160 mm |
Parts: |
Celestial navigational globe (Navigational globe)
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