Comments on: Star Atlases, Mercator Globes and Celestial Sundries

Star Atlases, Mercator Globes and Celestial Sundries

sciurus — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 06:44:40 -0800

Star Atlases, Mercator Globes and Celestial Sundries [more inside]

By: sciurus

sciurus — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 06:47:46 -0800

Constellation images: [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13] The Transit of Venus Selenographia Star Tales iconomy's post is worth revisiting as well. The Two-Headed Calf Tomorrow when the farm boys find this freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum. But tonight he is alive and in the north field with his mother. It is a perfect summer evening: the moon rising over the orchard, the wind in the grass. And as he stares into the sky, there are twice as many stars as usual. -Laura Gilpin

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:08:05 -0800

These are all really cool. Thanks for this stuff.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:10:29 -0800

Every night, a pageant of Greek mythology circles overhead. Perseus flies to the rescue of Andromeda, Orion faces the charge of the snorting bull, Boötes herds the bears around the pole, and the ship of the Argonauts sails in search of the golden fleece. Holy crap this is great. But then again I would think so ;) Star atlases are the most beautiful things in the world, and the stories behind them are fascinating - part of mankind's attempt to bring order to something he might never have been meant to understand. Happy happy happy.

By: sciurus

sciurus — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:15:31 -0800

Woops. I linked to the wrong page of Star Tales. It should be this one.

By: carter

carter — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 08:23:25 -0800

Stellar! (thanks, sciurus!)

By: blendor

blendor — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 08:41:12 -0800

Great post. Oh, and of course, [this is good]

By: Songdog

Songdog — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:50:36 -0800

Star atlases are the most beautiful things in the world Hear, hear. I got to attend a talk by stellar cartographer Wil Tirion this April (at the Northeast Astronomy Forum). He went over the history of star charts as well as the story of his own career and his steadily evolving methods. His charts, detailed, accurate, and scientific, are works of art. I hope that he won't prove to be the last great maker of printed charts, but only time will tell.

By: Songdog

Songdog — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:53:04 -0800

After preview, review, and post: Holy cow, sciurus, Ridpath has put Star Tales online? What a fantastic resource! This is truly a great post, and thanks.