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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
Celestial globe made during the Joseon dynasty (Korea) based on the writing of Nam Byeong-gil (1820-1869) entitled "Mirror of the Stars"; Museum of Silhak, South Korea https://t.co/40UAMrUSjB
Allegory of Astronomy, by Jacques Bellange, French, late 16thC-early 17thC; brown ink/grey-brown wash drawing @MuseeLouvre https://t.co/aRi5bRXJKS
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
Happy #halloween2019! Isaac Newton's death mask, Galileo's finger, and Copernicus' skull.
"Untitled" (1990) by Gavin Jantjes, b. 1948, South Africa; ink and photocopy on paper; drawn from his sketchbook notes on astronomy and Khoi San rock art painting; this drawing compares concepts of the modern state to the constellation Draco...@NMAfA https://t.co/XED5Udz9hp
Mitannian (c. 1500 BCE-1300 BCE) black hematite cylinder seal with a man seated on a chair holding a scepter, before him the sun, stars and altar, and beyond another man holding two goats or lions @britishmuseum https://t.co/yi84KSTHob
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
German steel sword engraved with a calendar (hilt is a modern replacement), 1576 @DIADetroit https://t.co/Y1cOac7Wd7