Astronomy Collection (page 9)

Astronomy / 13th Century
Observing the heavens with primitive instruments

SHEPHERD
A French shepherd calculates the south at midnight, from observation of the stars

Tycho Brahe at Work
Tycho Brahe at work in his observatory at Uranienborg, Sweden 1576

Tycho Brahe / Apprentice
Tycho Brahe as an apprentice at Leipzig

Tycho Brahe & Kepler
Tycho Brahe and Kepler in discussion in the Prague Observatory

PTOLEMAIUS
Claudius Ptolemaius at Alexandria Observatory

Perini Planetarium
Perinis Planetarium, London

Pyramid Observatory
Astronomer-priests of Ancient Egypt take advantage of the unique facilities of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) using it as an observatory

Astronomy / Observatory
Professor Percival Lowell in the observatory he built at Flagstaff, Arizona

Regiomontanus
Johann Muller, known as Regiomontanus, expounds the system of Ptolemaius

Science / Astronomy
A scholar studies a celestial globe

C17 Astronomers (Dore)
A group of learned astronomers in 17th century France

Telescope, Paris 1899
Giant telescope exhibited at the Paris Exposition

Mediaeval Astronomer
Mediaeval astronomer

Comet seen from Nuremberg, Germany
Depiction of a comet seen from Nuremberg, Germany, every night from 14 to 24 December 1664

Jesuit missionaries with telescopes in Siam (Thailand)
Jesuit missionaries in Siam (Thailand) impress the king with their telescopes

Newtons reflecting telescope
Sir Isaac Newtons reflecting telescope

Christian Huygens, Dutch scientist
Christian (or Christiaan) Huygens, Dutch mathematician, physicist, horologist and astronomer, notable for his contributions to telescopes and to the nature of light

John Napier, Scottish mathematician
John Napier, 8th Laird of Merchiston, Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer and astrologer, inventor of logarithms

Surface markings on the planet Mars, showing two different faces

Supposed landscape on the planet Mars
A supposed landscape on the planet Mars, showing the canals

Landscape on the planet Mars
View of a landscape on the planet Mars, showing the canals

Night sky above the planet Mars
The night sky above the planet Mars, showing its two small moons and, at the appropriate seasons, planet Earth gleaming like the evening star

The Berlin Observatory, Germany. It was designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and opened in 1835

Peking Observatory
Cross-section of the observatory, showing globes, quadrants and other observational equipment

Astronomy
First notions of the celestial sphere are formulated by peoples of the Middle East

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