Celestial globe

Celestial globe within the case. Astronomical details on the inside of the case are the same as Ferguson, GLB0057. Stars are represented by different symbols, but a magnitude table is absent. The Milky Way is labelled. A total of six stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Four of the southern constellations are drawn as well as those of Plancius and Hevelius.

Object Details

ID: GLB0051.2
Type: Celestial globe
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Dudley
Date made: circa 1795
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Diameter: 76 mm
Parts: Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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