Astronomy Collection (page 2)

Seaport at sunset, 1639. Artist: Claude Lorrain
Seaport at sunset, 1639

Sumerian cylinder-seal impression depicting a governor being introduced to the king
Sumerian cylinder-seal impression depicting Haskhamer, Governor of the city of Ishkun-sin is introduced to the King of Ur (Ur-Nammu) who is seated by the goddess Ishtar, note the symbol of the moon

April, 1412-1416. Artist: Paul Limbourg
April, 1412-1416. Planetary figure of the Sun in his chariot, and zodiac figures of Aries (Ram) and Taurus (Bull) at the top

Diagram showing Geocentric system of universe, 1539. Artist: Petrus Apianus
Diagram showing Geocentric system of universe, 1539. Geocentric (earth-centred) system of universe showing Aristotles 4 elements surrounded by sphere of fixed stars, spheres of planets

Gemini VI in orbit 160 miles (257 km) above Earth, December 15, 1965. Gemini VI spacecraft seen through the hatch window of Gemini VII during rendezvous and station-keeping manoeuvres

Christmas, or Folding the Last Sheep, 1850. Creator: Samuel Palmer
Christmas, or Folding the Last Sheep, 1850

Red Sunset on the Dnieper, 1905-8. Creator: Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi
Red Sunset on the Dnieper, 1905-8

The Toilers of the Sea, ca. 1880-85. Creator: Albert Pinkham Ryder
The Toilers of the Sea, ca. 1880-85

View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight, 1839. Creator: Martinus Rorbye
View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight, 1839

Uranus from Voyager 2, 25 January 1986. Creator: NASA
Uranus from Voyager 2, 25 January 1986. Farewell shot of crescent Uranus, taken from 600, 000 miles (965, 000 kilometres) away as the unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft departs

A Sunset from Hut Point, April 2nd, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
A Sunset from Hut Point, April 2nd, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835. Artist: JMW Turner
Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835. The painting is part of the Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Red Shutter, 1905. Artist: Mortimer Luddington Menpes
The Red Shutter, 1905. From India, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Flora A. Steel. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1905]

In the Saurian Age, when the Worlds inhabitants were gigantic peptiles, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

Sunset near Colliure, c20th century. Artist: Derwent Lees
Sunset near Colliure, c20th century. From The Studio Volume 108. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1934]

Summer in the Catskills, 1867. Creator: George Inness
Summer in the Catskills, 1867

Sunrise over Fishing Waters--Maine, ca. 1880. Creator: William E. Norton
Sunrise over Fishing Waters--Maine, ca. 1880

The Return, 1837. Creator: Thomas Cole
The Return, 1837

The Skylark, 1849. Creator: David Cox the elder
The Skylark, 1849

Stairways adorned by magnificient architecture... (Gruppo di Scale ornato di magnifica Architettura...), ca. 1750

Mochizuki Station, ca. 1835. ca. 1835. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Mochizuki Station, ca. 1835

[Night View of the Grand Canal, Venice], ca. 1875. Creator: Carlo Naya
[Night View of the Grand Canal, Venice], ca. 1875

Kedar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes), ca. 1690-95. Ascetic listening to a disciple playing the rudra vina

Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight, 1846. Creator: Johan Christian Dahl
Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight, 1846

Sunset on the Sea, 1872. Creator: John Frederick Kensett
Sunset on the Sea, 1872

The Surrender of the German Fleet at Sunset on November 21, 1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Surrender of the German Fleet at Sunset on November 21, 1918, (c1920). German sailors lower the Imperial battle flag on one of the battleships after the First World War armistice

The Catskills, Sunrise from South Mountain, 1874. Creator: Samuel Valentine Hunt
The Catskills, Sunrise from South Mountain, 1874. The Catskill Mountains, part of the larger Appalachian Mountain range, in southeastern New York State, USA

Thence issuing we again beheld the stars, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The beautiful lights of heav n dawn d through a circular opening in the cave: thus issuing we again beheld the stars, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil emerge from Hell, and see the stars

Whitehall from Charing Cross, c1899, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
Whitehall from Charing Cross, c1899, (c1900). The view from Trafalgar Square in Westminster, London, with the equestrian statue of King Charles I on the right

The Autumn Sunset, c1908, (1909). Artist: George Marston
The Autumn Sunset, c1908, (1909). Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) made three expeditions to the Antarctic

Boston, 1907. Artist
Boston, 1907. A view of St Botolphs Church, Boston, Lincolnshire

Passing events, or the tail of the comet of 1853. Artist: George Cruikshank
Passing events, or the tail of the comet of 1853 ; showing the comet with a grinning face passing beneath the sun, with the tail containing depictions of national events during 1853

The Mosque and Gate of Victory, Fatehpur Sikri, c1880 (1905). Artist: Alexander Henry Hallam Murray
The Mosque and Gate of Victory, Fatehpur Sikri, c1880 (1905). From The High-Road of Empire, by A. H. Hallam Murray. [John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London, 1905]

A Trial Spin of the Cornell Crews on Cayuga Lake, 1906

Interior of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, 1924-1926. Artist: Thomas Kent
Interior of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, 1924-1926. The building of St Magnus Cathedral began in 1137, with additions made over the following three centuries

Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons
Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume III, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

Microwave map of whole sky, c1990s. A map produced from one years data from NASAs COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) satellite

The Blue Marble - Earth from space, December 7, 1972. Creator: NASA
The Blue Marble - Earth from space, December 7, 1972. This famous photograph, known as The Blue Marble, was captured by the Apollo 17 astronauts on the same day that they left Earth on a Saturn V

"Summer," by T. W. Keyl, in the exhibition of the British Institution, 1864. Creator: Pearson
"Summer," by T. [sic] W. Keyl, in the exhibition of the British Institution, 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'It is not merely that the picture has a careful

Scene from "The Workmen of Paris", at the Adelphi Theatre; Paris by Moonlight, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene from "The Workmen of Paris", at the Adelphi Theatre; Paris by Moonlight, 1864. London stage production. 'There are two novel and elaborate scenic effects

The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. Creator: Smyth
The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. 'The traveller to America who enters the beautiful harbour of New York...will observe

U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917
U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. American Red Cross group including doctors and nurses en route to Romania to provide medical relief during World War I

U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917
U.S. doctors & nurses in Japan, 1917. American Red Cross group including doctors and nurses en route to Romania to provide medical relief during World War I

Very old stone building in the garden of the Rostov Kremlin, which according to legend..., 1911
Very old stone building in the garden of the Rostov Kremlin, which according to legend, was used as a bathhouse in the Rostov Archbishop's house; in the Rostov Museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911.

View of Kasli, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
View of Kasli, 1910.

Plyos: view of the city with its main cathedral, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Plyos: view of the city with its main cathedral, 1910.

Iconostasis in the Church of the Resurrection, Rostov Velikii, 1911. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Iconostasis in the Church of the Resurrection, Rostov Velikii, 1911.

Gethsemane Monastery in Nil's Hermitage, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Gethsemane Monastery in Nil's Hermitage, 1910.

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