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Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 26 in x 25 in x 23 in; 66.04 cm x 63.5 cm x 58.42 cm
Object Name:
print
Place made:
Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
Date made:
1787
Description:
Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826) served as the director of the astronomical observatory of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, edited the <i>Astronomisches Jahrbuch</i>, and published several popular texts and atlases. This planisphere is derived from a chart in his <i>Anleitung zur Kenntniss des gestirnten Himmels</i> (Hamburg, 1768). It extends from the north equatorial pole to 38° South declination, and shows the stars of magnitudes 1 to 6. The brightest stars are identified by Bayer letters. Some stars are named.
The text at the top reads “STEREOGRAPHISCHER ENTWURF DES GESTIRNTEN HIMMELS / vom Nordpol bis zum 38sten Grad südlicher Abweichung von HERRN. I. BODE / New herausgegeben von HERRAN F. A. SCHRÆMBL”. The texts at bottom read “Gestochen von I. Alberti in Wien” and “Zu finden im eigenen Verlage in Wien. 1787.” Ignazio Albert was a painter and engraver in Vienna. Franz Anton Schraembl was a cartographic publisher in Vienna.
Ref: Deborah Warner, <i>The Sky Explored. Celestial Cartography 1500-1800</i> (New York, 1979), pp. 34-39.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Astronomy  Search this
ID Number:
PH.329960
Catalog number:
329960
Accession number:
286290
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Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
Science & Mathematics
Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-2dcb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1451900