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Sun Dog PaintingVadersolstavlan (The Sun Dog Painting) is a painting depicting a halo phenomenon observed over Stockholm in 1535. Date: 1535
Science AllegorisedPhilosophy enthroned, surrounded by the sciences - Grammar, Rhetoric, Linguistics, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy, with Socrates and Plato and scholars writing
Saturn in natural color, photographed by CassiniSaturn. Sixth planet from the Sun. Photograph taken by the Cassini-Huygens
Orrery, 19th CenturyPlanetarium or orrery
Astrolabe & QuadrantAstrolabe and quadrant
Galileos TelescopeGalileos telescope
ROWLEYs ORRERY, 1749Rowleys Orrery
Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist
French map of the planet MarsA French map of the planet Mars, showing two views
Celestial map by Johannes Van Keulen (1654-1715). SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum
Orrery by JonesAstronomical objects, namely a trajectorium lunare and an orrery or planetarium by Jones, mounted on a rather splendid stand
August Ferdinand MobiusAUGUST FERDINAND MOBIUS German scientist, professor of astronomy at Leipzig university, discoverer of the mobius strip; regarded as the founder of topology
Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist
Observatory at DelhiObservatory complex at Delhi
Transit of Venus 1874A diagram showing the areas of the world which will be able to view the transit of Venus across the face of the sun on the 8th December 1874
The astronomers waiting for the eclipseThe eclipse expedition in India to observe the total eclipse of the sun. Mr
Ideal ScientistThe ideal scientist - interested in the old as well as the new, anatomy as well as astronomy, the laws of chance and of mathematics, the skill of chess, the hues of a rose
Optique Telescope / DideroAn optique telescope
Greenwich ObservatoryGreenwich Royal Observatory, with its dome to the forefront of the postcard
Armillary SphereAn armillary sphere
Schiaparellis two hemispheres of the planet MarsThe two hemispheres of the planet Mars as drawn by the Italian astronomer and historian of science, Giovanni Schiaparelli
Tycho Brahe AstrolabeTycho-Brahes astrolabe
NOSTRADAMUS, Michel de Notre Dame (1503-1566). French physician and astrologer, author of book of predictions Astrological Centuries (1555). Illustration in card of 18th century. Drawing
Armillary Sphere. Astronomicon by Gaius Julius Hyginus. 1st century. Incunabula 283. Edition of 1485. Venice. Library of the University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain
Planet Mars seen from one of its moonsThe planet Mars as seen from one of its moons, a hundred times larger than the planet Earths Moon as seen from Earth
Francis BailyFRANCIS BAILY - Eminent astronomer whose remarkable career opened with travels in wildest America, then a highly successful business career, before taking up astronomy. Date: 1774 - 1844
Library, Hartwell House, Aylesbury, BuckinghamshireWatercolour painting of the Library at Hartwell House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s
CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATORYAn exterior view of the Cambridge Observatory. Date: 1895
Greenwich Observatory, south east LondonWatercolour painting of Greenwich Observatory in south east London, viewed from the side with two children playing on the grass, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914)
Syntax Star-GazingDr Syntax shows a lady the stars through a telescope, while the butler trips over a dog on the stairs and drops his tray of crockery
Hipparchus / FiguierHIPPARCHUS/ASTRONOMER Greek astronomer who flourished 146 - 127 BC
Arab Astronomers / 1513Arab astronomers measuring angles between objects in space or on land
Newtons Small ReflectorSir Isaac Newtons small Reflector
Herschels TelescopeHerschels telescope
Astronomical UmbrellaTeacher using an umbrella to demonstrate the position of the stars to a group of schoolboys
AstronomersTwo astronomers, one of whom is an Arab gentleman, examine a star in the sky through a telescope
Greenwich ObservatoryGreenwich Royal Observatory " belonging to the Kings Professor of Astronomy", showing Greenwich Park in the foreground and ships on the Thames to the left
Astronomy / 16th CenturyA German astronomer and cosmographer, at work on a globe with his compasses
Alexandria ObservatoryAlexandria observatory : an astronomer using a pre- telescopic sighting instrument
Lorgues / Marchena WorksAntonio de Marchena, friar and astronomer, who advised Columbus
Lippersheys LensesThe legendary account of the invention of the telescope : Hans Lippersheys apprentices, playing with lenses, happen to hold two of them up together - the rest is history
Rowleys Orrery
Quadrant / Diderot / 1760An astronomical quadrant
Astronomy / Greenwich 1911GREENWICH OBSERVATORY The Astronomer Royal, Mr Frank Dyson, taking a reading with an altazimuth (a theodolite for determining the altitudes and azimuths of the heavens)
First AstronomyTHE FIRST ASTRONOMY
Men of the Stone Age worshipping the sunMen of the Stone Age (Palaeolithic Era) worshipping the sun as it rises
Astronomer-priests of Chaldea observe stars from the Tower of Babylon (Babel)
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 68th Quatrain
Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA Date: 1936
Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Rim sherdPrehistory. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Rim sherd of a bowl with a five pointed star decoration. From Tarxien. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta
Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. BrokenPrehistory. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Broken globigerina limestone slab which shows five sections separated with incised lines
The Astrologer. Profession that foresees death but is surprised by it
The Moon, Mare, Serenitatis, Yerkes Observatory, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century
The Moon, Theophilus, Lick Observatory, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century
The Moon, Tycho, Thebit, Lick Observatory, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century
The Moon, Clavius, Licetus, Lick Observatory, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century
James Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Wargentin, taken circa 1870. Date: circa 1870
Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Vesuvius and NaplesJames Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Vesuvius and Neighbourhood of Naples, taken circa 1870. Date: circa 1870
Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Ptolemy, Alphons, ArzachaelJames Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Ptolemy, Alphons, Arzachael etc. taken circa 1870. Date: circa 1870
Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Portion of Moon's SurfaceJames Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Portion of Moon's Surface, taken circa 1870. Date: circa 1870
James Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Gassendi, taken circa 1870. Date: circa 1870
Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Aristotle and EudoxusJames Nasmyth's model moon photograph, Aristotle and Eudoxus, taken circa 1870. Date: circa 1870
Averroes (1126-1198). Muslim Andalusi philosopherAverroes (Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd) (1126-1198). Muslim Andalusi philosopher and physician, teacher of Islamic law and philosophy. Engraving by Serra Pausas
Andrew Boorde, English traveller, physician and writerAndrew Boorde, c. 1490 - 1549, English traveller, physician, holy man and writer
Zodiac within an illuminated initial D from the Vivian Bible, 84Zodiac within an illuminated initial D (reversed), 845. Vivian Bible or the First Bible of Charles the Bald, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS lat 1. fol. 8r. Zodiaque
Philosophy presenting the seven liberal arts to Boethius in his bedroom. Figures of Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Music, Geometry, Arithmetic, and Astronomy. France, end of the 15th century
View of Greenwich and the Thames, 1784. Flamsteed House, Royal Observatory, St. Alfrege Church, Royal Hospital (now Royal Naval College), woods and deer park. The River Thames and St
Views of the Great Comet of the Year 1811. C/1811 F1
The Astronomer, circa 1777, by Nicolas-Bernard LepicieNicolas-Bernard Lepicie (1735-1784). French painter. The Astronomer, circa 1777. Oil on canvas. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal
Andalusia. Carnival of Cadiz. Float of the AstrosHistory of Spain. Andalusia. Carnival of Cadiz. Float of the Astros. Decorated in Assyrian style. On the chariot were representated the Sun and the Moon, lovingly embraced under a large umbrella
Moon Plate. 4th century AD. Marble plaqueMoon Plate. 4th century AD
Spain, Andalusia, San FernandoSpain, Andalusia, Cadiz province, San Fernando. General view of the Astronomical Institute and Observatory. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882
An astrological chart of Mr George Witchell (?-1785), an astronomer who became Headmaster of the Royal Academy in Portsmouth in 1767. Date: 1788
Callisto, daughter of Lycaon, was beloved by Jupiter, who placed her among the stars as the Great Bear
New Lodge or White Lodge, Richmond Park, seat of Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. Hunting lodge designed by the Earl of Pembroke for King George I
Saturn and his rings! only a penny 1856Street telescope exhibitor in London. Attracting passers by to have a look through the telescope on a clear night for a penny. Date: 1856
The Royal Observatory Greenwich, London - The Great Equatorial Telescope. Date: late 1930s
Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the left hand. Engraving
Two foot reflecting telescope, Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin, USA - early 1900s
Yerkes Observatory two foot reflecting telescope
Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory U.S.S.R. - The observatory was opened in 1839, brainchild of astronomer, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. Date: 1950s
The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, St. PetersburgPulkovo Astronomical Observatory U.S.S.R. - The observatory was opened in 1839, brainchild of astronomer, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. Date: 1950s
Nautical astrolabe, 1571. SpainNautical astrolabe, 1571. Maria Pita House Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain
