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Hercules and Corona Borealis Constellations, 1825

Astronomical chart showing Hercules about to beat Cerberus with a club, and a crown forming the constellations. Hercules is a constellation named after Heracles, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for northern crown, a name inspired by its shape; its main stars form a semicircular arc. They were two of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and they remain two of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. It is the fifth largest of the modern constellations. Urania's Mirror is a boxed set of 32 constellation cards first published by Samuel Leigh of the Strand, London, in or shortly before 1825. An unidentified lady, referred to by her nom-de-plume, Jehoshaphat Aspin, designed these whimsical astronomy cards. The engraver was Sidney Hall.

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Title: Hercules and Corona Borealis Constellations, 1825

Caption: Astronomical chart showing Hercules about to beat Cerberus with a club, and a crown forming the constellations. Hercules is a constellation named after Heracles, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for northern crown, a name inspired by its shape; its main stars form a semicircular arc. They were two of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and they remain two of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. It is the fifth largest of the modern constellations. Urania's Mirror is a boxed set of 32 constellation cards first published by Samuel Leigh of the Strand, London, in or shortly before 1825. An unidentified lady, referred to by her nom-de-plume, Jehoshaphat Aspin, designed these whimsical astronomy cards. The engraver was Sidney Hall.

Category: ILLUSTRATION • Science: History

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Image size: 3856 × 2700 px | 29.8 MB

Print size: 32.6 × 22.9 cm | 1518.1 × 1063.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1825 • 19TH CENTURY • ART • ARTWORK • ASPIN • ASTERISM • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMICAL • ASTRONOMY CARD • ASTRONOMY • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CELESTIAL BODY • CELESTIAL SPHERE • CELESTIAL • CONSTELLATION CARD • CONSTELLATION • CORONA BOREALIS • DRAWING • ENGRAVING • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • HEAVENLY BODY • HEAVENLY • HERACLES • HERCULES • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • JEHOSHAPHAT ASPIN • NORTHERN CROWN • NOTABLE • PATTERN OF STARS • SCIENCE • SCIENCE: HISTORY • SIDNEY HALL • STAR CHART • STAR MAP • URANIA'S MIRROR • WELL-KNOWN