History of Astronomyさんのイラストまとめ

Five southern constellations: Hydra, Corvus, Centaurus with Lepus (appears here as a yellow long-tailed cat), and Lupus (shown here as a pink tiger); from a copy of Marvels of Things Created by al-Qazwīnī, produced in Mughal India, 17thC @PublicDomainRev https://t.co/UyiSZg2CA5

Allegory of Astronomy (Urania) 1667, by Italian painter Francesco Cozza (1605-1682); Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro
https://t.co/WLyw56sBbH

"[The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch, #4]: The night circled in its immense space, the orb turned by Atlas" by Peter Lipman-Wulf (1905-93), German artist born in Berlin who emigrated to the United States after WWII @lbinyc
https://t.co/VZ1bo5IODJ

And why my profile picture is what it is - that's Hevelius with his wife Elisabetha - I really should rewrite my (already-reviewed) article on Elisabetha and resend for publication

Engraving depicting Urania, the muse of astronomy who gestures towards the heavens as the astronomer leans against a celestial globe and follows her gaze; Cornelis Cort (printmaker), Antwerp, 1565 @FolgerLibrary https://t.co/IJ8juzQiud

13thC North African brass astrolabe with universal projection (unsigned and undated); rete for c. 30 stars, four plates, and Zarqellu projection on back of mater @HSMOxford https://t.co/eUBrlxeIba

Fourth Annual Astronomy Festival (Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico), September 20-23, 2019 https://t.co/2YgLPWHscR

Vienna and Astronomy the beginnings. https://t.co/RGC6pHmqMM via @rmathematicus

Sagittarius from al-Sufi's Catalog of the Fixed Stars (19thC copy from either Afghanistan or Uzbekistan), part of Supplément persan 2021 @GallicaBnF https://t.co/oO3LLsmO6i

Colored aquatint of the observatory at Delhi, India - the Jantar-Mantar, built c. 1724 by Maharaja Savai Jai Singh II of Jaipur; by Thomas Daniell, 1808 @britishlibrary https://t.co/s5jYooeVk7