Corporum coelestium magnitudines, The sizes of the celestial bodies. Shows the relative sizes of the celestial bodies. These include planets, the Moon, and the various spheres containing the stars. Illustration by Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665) a Dutch-German cartographer, best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas. The first part of the atlas contains copper plate prints depicting the world systems of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe. At the end are star maps of the classical and further constellations, the latter ones as introduced by Julius Schiller in his Coelum stellatum christianum of 1627. | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Science Source |
Bildgröße: | 4050 px × 3410 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
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