Astronomical Chart

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Print, Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale
Description:

“HEMISPHAERIUM COELI BOREALE in quo loca Stellarum fixarum secundum quatorem, per Ascensiones nempe rectas et Declinationes ad annum Christi 1730 completum sistuntur.” This chart of the northern celestial hermisphere was published as plate 16 in J. B. Homann, Atlas Coelestis (Nurnberg, 1742).

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.329204Catalog Number: 329204Accession Number: 280069

Object Name: Print

Measurements: overall: 21 in x 24 in; 53.34 cm x 60.96 cmoverall: 25 1/4 in x 27 1/2 in x 7/8 in; 64.135 cm x 69.85 cm x 2.2225 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-1af0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1167728

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