Légende

The constellation Auriga, 1801. Auriga is depicted as a charioteer and holding a small goat, Capella. To the left is the constellation Lynx. Although depicted as an animal, it is not named after one; but after the astronomer Hevelius who invented it, because he said that anyone who wanted to study the stars needed good eyes like a lynx. On the right is the faint outline of the constellation Perseus. From "Uranographia" by Johann Bode. In order to catalogue the stars that lay outside of constellations he suggested creating constellation boundaries. As a result of this the sky started to be defined into specific regions.

Date

1801

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_392

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,4Mo (3,2Mo) / 41,4cm x 30,5cm / 4890 x 3602 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal people male library man men animals cat cats star stars shape mammal pattern science guy telescope feline astronomy lynx giraffe design constellation century goat goats mythology B&W British Library wild cat star shape felines giraffa camelopardalis Star-Shaped Patterned 19th century black & white black and white B W star shapes Greek mythology nineteenth century Auriga charioteer mythical figure Perseus map sky Johannes Hevelius Hevelius Johann Hewelke Johannes Hewel Jan Heweliusz Johann Bode Bode Johann Johannes Heritage Art mythological figure 19th-century star pattern Johannes Hevel