Celestial globes show the apparent positions of the stars in the sky. They omit the Sun, Moon, and planets because the positions of these bodies vary relative...

A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but, unlike maps...

important features, such as the ecliptic. As such, it differs from a celestial globe, which is a smooth sphere whose principal purpose is to map the constellations...

celestial globe was made by Geng Shou-chang (耿壽昌) between 70 BCE and 50 BCE. In the Ming dynasty, the celestial globe at that time was a huge globe,...

data on the celestial globe of Hipparchus or in his star catalog may have been preserved in the only surviving large ancient celestial globe which depicts...

Atlas is a 2nd-century CE Roman marble sculpture of Atlas holding up a celestial globe. Probably a copy of an earlier work of the Hellenistic period, it is...

In astronomy and navigation, the celestial sphere is an abstract sphere that has an arbitrarily large radius and is concentric to Earth. All objects in...

craftsman known for making seamless celestial globes and astrolabes. In 1659, Tatah-wi made a 21 cm diameter celestial globe. As no seams are visible in a photograph...

are a selection of scientific instruments including two globes (one terrestrial and one celestial), a shepherd's dial, a quadrant, a torquetum, and a polyhedral...

(1985), Islamicate Celestial Globes: Their History, Construction, and Use, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC "Celestial globe". National Museums...

Law No. 8.421, altered the celestial globe with the addition of six stars. The precise positions of the 27 stars on the globe make the Brazilian flag one...

an English Elizabethan maker of globes, mathematical instruments and ordnance. His terrestrial and celestial globes, first published in 1592, were the...

for his reforms to the imperial calendar and his construction of a celestial globe featuring a liquid-driven escapement, the first in a long tradition...

attention focused on the Heavens. She is usually represented with a celestial globe to which she points with a little staff, and depicted in modern art...

right hand Chemistry cabinet Winter plate electrical machine Arab celestial globe, possibly the oldest one in the world Museo Galileo carries out research...

Classical art shows Atlas holding the celestial spheres, not the terrestrial globe; the solidity of the marble globe borne by the Farnese Atlas may have...

observer on the meridian ring of the globe. The initial blueprint for a portable celestial globe to measure celestial coordinates came from Spanish Muslim...

Instruments Armillary sphere Astrolabe Celestial globe Compass Cross-staff Dioptra Equatorial ring Equatorial sundial Globe Gnomon Mural instrument Quadrant...

New Method for Mechanizing the Rotation of an Armillary Sphere and a Celestial Globe"), written in 1092, was the final product of his life's achievements...

world devoted to globes, being three-dimensional models of Earth or other celestial bodies, or spherical representations of the celestial sphere. As early...

to make a set of terrestrial and celestial globes for Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma. Each finely crafted globe was five feet in diameter (c. 175 cm)...

The Globe of Gottorf is a 17th-century, large, walk-in globe of the Earth and the celestial sphere. It measures 3.1 meters in diameter. Conceived and...

Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna including one that incorporates a mechanised celestial globe made of quartz (Bergkristalluhr) and one displaying planetary motion...

large part of Mercator's income came from sales of terrestrial and celestial globes. For sixty years they were considered the finest in the world, and...

A star chart is a celestial map of the night sky with astronomical objects laid out on a grid system. They are used to identify and locate constellations...

Instruments Armillary sphere Astrolabe Celestial globe Compass Cross-staff Dioptra Equatorial ring Equatorial sundial Globe Gnomon Mural instrument Quadrant...

He produced a first model pair, consisting of a terrestrial globe and a celestial globe, in 1759–60. A smaller, second model pair was produced from 1762...

made from antiquity, such as The Globe of Crates. None are known to have survived, even as fragments. A celestial globe, part of the Farnese Atlas, has...

a celestial globe by Caspar Vopel, who is credited with the asterism's designation as a constellation. That year, it also appeared on a celestial map...

Instruments Armillary sphere Astrolabe Celestial globe Compass Cross-staff Dioptra Equatorial ring Equatorial sundial Globe Gnomon Mural instrument Quadrant...