Night Sky Collection (page 2)

Constellations of Monoceros, Canis Major and Canis Minor, 1729. Plate 13 From Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed (1646-1710), the first Astronomer Royal

Constellation of Capricorn, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
Constellation of Capricorn, 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

A Greek astronomer studying the stars, 1694. Artist: Johannes Kip
A Greek astronomer studying the stars, 1694. Illustration from Book 1, Part 5 Chapter 17, of The Principles of Philosophy by Anthony Le Grand, 1694

Astonomers looking through a telescope, 1660-1661. Artist: Andreas Cellarius
Astonomers looking through a telescope, 1660-1661. From The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Andreas Cellarius

Celestial planisphere showing the signs of the zodiac, 1660-1661. From The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Andreas Cellarius

Constellation of Cetus (the Whale), 1729
Constellation of Cetus (the whale), 1729. From Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed (1646-1710), the first Astronomer Royal

Constellations of Perseus and Andromeda, 1729. From Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed (1646-1710), the first Astronomer Royal

People watching a comet, 1857

Constellation of Bootes, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
Constellation of Bootes, 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

Constellation of Pisces, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
Constellation of Cygnus (the Swan), 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

Constellation of Perseus, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
Constellation of Perseus, 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

Constellation of Auriga, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
Constellation of Auriga, 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

Constellation of Orion, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
Constellation of Orion, 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

Constellation of Hercules, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
Constellation of Hercules, 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

Constellation of Libra, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
Constellation of Libra, 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

Firework display, 2005

Full Moon, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Kilburn Brothers
Full Moon, late 19th or early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Illustration for the poem The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Aleksandr Pushkin, 1905. Artist: Ivan Bilibin
Illustration for the poem The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Aleksandr Pushkin, 1905. Found in the collection of the A Pushkin Memorial Museum, St Petersburg

Poster, Lorraine, Societe Generale Aeronautique, 1928. Artist: Roger Soubier
Poster, Lorraine, Societe Generale Aeronautique, 1928

Castor and Pollux, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Castor and Pollux, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Set design for a Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Set design for a Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), 1911. Story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, Music by Reynaldo Hahn. Publised in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst

The Duchess of Villais in Costume, 18th century. From the Museum of Tesse, Le Mans, France

Shower of meteors (Leonids) observed over Greenwich, London, 1866 (1884). The Leonids, named because they emanate from the area of the constellation Leo, are visible in the night sky during November

Bolide and its train, 1870. A bolide is a large meteor which usually explodes in a fireball. From a French popular book on astronomy. (Paris, 1870)

Leonid meteor shower, 1870. The Leonids are visible in the night sky during November, and this observation was made by the French aeronauts Henri Giffard (1825-1882)

Galileo demonstrating his telescope, Venice, 1609 (1870). In this artists reconstruction Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist

Paris Observatory, France, 1740. Astronomers using telescopes to observe objects in the night sky including Saturn and the Moon

Comet of December 1680 (Kirch), 1681. Isaac Newton calculated that the comet was travelling at 88, 000 mph and that it passed so near the Sun that at one time it was only 1/6 of the Suns diameter

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

Kronos, 17th century. Artist: Giacinto Brandi
Kronos, 17th century. Kronos (Chronos) was one of the Greek Titans, and father of Zeus. He was known as Saturn in Roman mythology

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

Amerigo Vespucci (1471-1512), Italian-born Spanish explorer. Vespucci observing the constellation of the Southern Cross. During his voyages

Comet of 1456 (Halley), 1557. The English astronomer, Edmond Halley (1656-1742) was the first to suggest that appearances of bright comets every 76 years were in fact sightings of the same comet

Shooting Stars from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

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