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- Title
- Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. Uranometria : omnium asterismorum continens schemata, no a methodo delineata, aeris laminis expressa
- Description
- The Uranometria, published by the lawyer and amateur astronomer Johann Bayer (1572-1625), was the first astronomical work to be considered a collection of star maps (rather than symbolic pictures). It was printed at Augsburg by Christopher Mangus in 1603, and the elaborate copperplate engravings were done by Alexander Mair. One important feature of Bayer’s atlas is his new system of stellar nomenclature—he assigned Greek letters to brighter stars, generally by order of magnitude. The plate displayed is Bayer’s map of the constellation Cancer.
- Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
- XQ. 523.8903 B341U
- Authors
- Bayer, Johann
- Full Title
- Uranometria
- Date
- 1603
- Publisher
- Excudit Christophorus Mangnus
- Location
- Augustae Vindelicorum
- Language
- Latin
- Rights
-
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- Text
- Medium
- Book
- Bibliographic Citation
- Bayer, Johann, and Alexander Mair. Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. Uranometria : omnium asterismorum continens schemata, no a methodo delineata, aeris laminis expressa. Augustae Vindelicorum: Excudit Christophorus Mangnus ..., 1603.