Caption
Historical sky map with the title Theoria Solis per Eccentricum sine Epicyclo, Theory of the Sun by Eccentric without Epicycles. The illustration is from the famous sky atlas Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius, published 1660-1661. It illustrates the historical theory of the solar path around the earth, with the sun describing an eccentric, non-central, circle, digitally restored reproduction from a 17th century original, authentic, exact date of presentation unknown
Date
1660
Credit line
Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste
Reference
BRK26B12_037
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Royalty free
Available size
433,9Mb (31,6Mb) / 44,6in x 37,8in / 13386 x 11330 (300dpi)