Image:Orion constellation Hevelius.jpg

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Orion constellation in Uranographia
Source

http://pp3.sourceforge.net/wiki/ori.jpg
Date

1690
Author

Johannes Hevelius
Permission
(Reusing this image)

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Johannes Hevelius drew the Orion constellation in Uranographia, his celestial catalogue in 1690. The view is mirrored to match the view through a telescope.

JOHANNIS HEVELII
FIRMAMENTUM 
SOBIESCA-
NUM
  SIVE
URANOGRAPHIA
TOTUM COELUM STELLATUM,
...
GEDANI
Typis JOHANNIS-ZACHARIAE STOLLII
ANNO M DC XC


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