CLASSICAL STAR ATLASES

BODE'S PERSEUS

Perseus, the great Hero, recuer of Andromeda (which lies to the right), from Johannes Bode's Uranographia of 1801. Mirfak, the Alpha star, is just up from center, while Algol (Beta Persei) marks the Medusa's head. Compare with Bayers's representation.

Courtesy of the Rare Book Room and Special Collections Library of the University of Illinois