Astronomical Map Collection

Copernican (heliocentric / Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1708
Copernican (heliocentric/Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1761. Illustration showing ecliptic and the orbit of the Earth and the planets

Map of the celestial Southern Hemisphere, 1660-1661. Artist: Andreas Cellarius
Map of the celestial Southern Hemisphere, 1660-1661. From The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Andreas Cellarius

Copernican sun-centred (heliocentric) system of the universe, 1708. This shows the orbit of the Moon round the Earth, and the orbits of the Earth and planets round the Sun

Second part of the star chart of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere showing constellations, 1747

First part of the star chart of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere showing constellations, 1747

Second part of the star chart of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere showing constellations, 1747

First part of the star chart of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere showing constellations, 1747

Copernican (heliocentric / Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1761
Copernican (heliocentric/Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1761. Illustration showing the orbits of the planets around the Sun. The orbits of the moons of Earth, Jupiter and Saturn are also shown

Transparent Solar System, educational plate, c1857. The chart shows the path of Halleys Comet in 1835, as well as the orbits of the planets and some of the asteroids (planetoids) discovered up to 1857

Constellation of Andromeda, 1723. Andromeda chained to rocks waiting for rescue by Perseus. German astronomer and lawyer Johannes Bayer (1572-1625)

Constellation of Leo, 1775. Artist: Jean Fortin
Constellation of Leo, 1775. A number of distant galaxies can be observed in Leo by astronomers, and the constellation is associated with several meteor showers, most notably the Leonids

Astronomical map, centred on the constellation of Hercules, 1775. Artist: Jean Fortin
Astronomical map, centred on the constellation of Hercules, 1775. Part of the Milky Way is shown on the right of the image. From Atlas Coelestis de Flamsteed by JJ Fortin. (Paris, 1775)

Astronomical map, centred on the Southern constellation of Argo Navis, 1742. From Atlas Coelestis by John Gabriel Doppelmayer. (Nuremberg, 1742)

Constellation of Leo, 1723. From Uranometria by Johannes Bayer. (Ulm, 1723). German astronomer and lawyer Johann Bayer (1572-1625)

Constellation of Argo Navis, 1723. From Uranometria by Johannes Bayer. (Ulm, 1723). German astronomer and lawyer Bayer (1572-1625)

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