Planisfero boreale (Northern Hemispere)

Star Lore Art Atlas Coelestis John Flamsteed, James Thornhill 1729

Planisfero australe (Southern Hemispere)

Atlas Coelestis, or Star Atlas was the largest star atlas of its time and the first comprehensive star catalogue collected with the help of telescopes. The observations for the catalogue were made by the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed. The atlas was published posthumously in 1729 (ten years after Flamsteed's death). Ian Ridpath writes that "Flamsteed’s catalogue and atlas set new standards in astronomy." Atlas Coelesti contains 25 maps of the major constellations visible from Greenwich. The drawings were done by painter James Thornhill. In addition to the constellation pages, two extra pages presented the entire northern and southern sky (see images next to the title). The 1729 edition was in black and white. A later edition in 1753 was colored. The pages are in order of the constellation's location in the night sky and many of them contain more than one constellation. We present them here in numerical order - a table in alphabetical order with the corresponding map for each constellation can be found below the images. All images were obtained from the website Atlas Coelestis. Sources: Wikipedia, atlascoelestis.com Click on the pictures for larger images.

Title page Source: Wikipedia Planisphere Source: Wikipedia

I ARIES		II TAURUS		III GEMINI

IV CANCER		V LEO		VI VIRGO

VII LIBRA		VIII SAGITTARIUS		IX AQUARIUS

X PISCES		XI CETUS		XII ERIDANUS, ORION, LEPUS

XIII MONOCEROS, CANIS MAJOR, CANIS MINOR, NAVIS, LEPUS		XIV HYDRA, CRATER, CORVUS, SEXTANS, VIRGO		XV CASSIOPEA, CEPHEUS, URSA MINOR, DRACO

XVI ANDROMEDA, PERSEUS, TRIANGULUM		XVII CAMELOPARDAL, AURIGA		XVIII LYNX, LEO MINOR

XIX URSA MAJOR		XX COMAE BERENICES, BOOTES, CANES VENATICI		XXI HERCULES, CORONA, LYRA

XXII OPHIUCHUS, SERPENS		XXIII AQUILA, SAGITTA, VULPECULA & ANSER, DELPHINUS		XIV LYRA, CYGNUS, LACERTA, VULPEC & ANSER, SAGITTA

XXV PEGASUS, EQUULEUS

Constellations in alphabetical order

Constellation Andromeda Anser Aquarius Aquila Aries Auriga Boötes Camelopardalis Cancer Canes Venatici Canis Major Canis Minor Cassiopeia Cepheus Cetus Coma Berenices Corona Crater

Page XVI XXIV IX XXIII I XVII XX XVII IV XX XIII XIII XV XV XI XX XXI XIV

Constellation Cygnus Delphinus Draco Equuleus Eridanus Gemini Hercules Hydra Lacerta Leo Minor Leo Lepus Libra Lynx Lyra Lyra Monoceros

Page XXIV XXIII XXV XXV XII III XXI XIV XXIV XVIII V XII VII XVIII XXII XV XIII

Constellation Navis Officina Sculptoris Ophiucus Orion Pegasus Perseus Pisces Sagitta Sagittarius Serpens Sextans Uraniæ Tarandus Triangula Ursa Major Ursa Minor Virgo Vulpecula

Page XIII XXI XXII XII XXV XVI X XXIII VIII XXIII XIV II XVI XIX XV VI XXIV

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