CLASSICAL STAR ATLASES
FLAMSTEED'S BOOTES, CANES VENATICI, COMA BERENICES AND CORONA BOREALIS
CLASSICAL STAR ATLASESFLAMSTEED'S BOOTES, CANES VENATICI, COMA BERENICES AND CORONA BOREALIS
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Bootes (the Herdsman),
Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs, a modern
constellations), Coma Berenices
(Berenices Hair, ancient but adopted
in modern times), and Corona Borealis
(the Northern Crown)
from John Flamsteed's
Atlas Coelestis, edition 1729. Both equatorial and ecliptic grids
are shown.
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