- constellation. Its name is
Latin for shield, and it was
originally named Scutum Sobiescianum by
Johannes Hevelius in 1684.
Located just
south of the
celestial equator...
- projection.
Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius published his
Firmamentum Sobiescianum star
atlas posthumously in 1690. It
contained 56 large,
double page star...
-
Baroque drawing of
Orion from
Johannes Hevelius' star
atlas Firmamentum Sobiescianum,
showing the
stars as they
would appear to an
observer looking down upon...
- & Co. ISBN 978-1-153-62774-0. Hevelius,
Johannis (1690).
Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia. Gdansk. "Ancient Gr****
Astronomy and Cosmology"....
-
Catalogus Stellarum), and an
atlas of
constellations (named
Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia).
Prodromus outlines the
methodology and technology...
- Mythographer. In 1690, the
astronomer Johannes Hevelius in his
Firmamentum Sobiescianum regarded the
constellation Pisces as
being composed of four subdivisions:...
- with
unwieldy names were
shortened for convenience. For example,
Scutum Sobiescianum was
reduced to Scutum, Mons
Mensae to Mensa, and
Apparatus Sculptoris...
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Venatici /ˈkeɪniːz vɪˈnætɪsaɪ/ CVn CVen
Canum Venaticorum 1690,
Firmamentum Sobiescianum,
Hevelius hunting dogs Cor
Caroli 2.81
Canis Major /ˈkeɪnɪs ˈmeɪdʒər/...
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Centaurus in the
Firmamentum Sobiescianum of
Johannes Hevelius. N.B. This
image is
reversed from what one sees
looking at the sky — it is as
though one...
- The
Draco constellation from
Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive
Uranographia (1690) by
Johannes Hevelius. Icke's "reptoid hypothesis"
posits that
humanity is...
