Astronomical Collection (page 16)

Zenith sector telescope, 1727 (iron, tin)
7340751 Zenith sector telescope, 1727 (iron, tin) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); 381x7.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1790. 1790 (paper)
7340736 The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1790. 1790 (paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); 35.3x22.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Nevil Maskelyne (1732 -1811), c.1776 (chalk on paper)
7340699 Nevil Maskelyne (1732 -1811), c.1776 (chalk on paper) by Russell, John (1745-1806); National Maritime Museum, London

Volvelle giving the rules for predicting solar and lunar eclipses, 1540 (hand-coloured engraving)
7340908 Volvelle giving the rules for predicting solar and lunar eclipses, 1540 (hand-coloured engraving) by Apianus, Petrus (1495-1552); National Maritime Museum, London

Ursa Major, c.1825 (card, paper, tissue)
7340878 Ursa Major, c.1825 (card, paper, tissue) by Hall, Sydney (fl.1826); 20.3x14 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Sidney Hall Plate 9)

Draco and Ursa Minor, c.1825 (card, paper, tissue )
7340872 Draco and Ursa Minor, c.1825 (card, paper, tissue ) by Hall, Sydney (fl.1826); 20.3x14 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Sidney Hall Plate 1)

Almagestum novvum astronomaiam veterem novamque complectens observationibus aliorum
7342551 Almagestum novvum astronomaiam veterem novamque complectens observationibus aliorum, et propriis nouisque theorematibus, problematibus, ac tabulis pomotam, c.1660 (print) by Italian School

Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, from Mount Edgecombe. Inversed digital file to create b&w positive
7342528 Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, from Mount Edgecombe. Inversed digital file to create b&w positive. 1845 (calotype negative, paper) by Talbot

Two Greenwich Pensioners with a female companion beside Rysbrack's statue of George II
7342527 Two Greenwich Pensioners with a female companion beside Rysbrack's statue of George II. Inversed digital file to create b&w positive

Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) (print)
7342119 Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) (print) by Artaud, William (1763-1823); 31.7x25.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Francois Arago (1786-1853) French politician physicist and astronomer, director of the observatory of Paris, engraving
1707879 Francois Arago (1786-1853) French politician physicist and astronomer, director of the observatory of Paris, engraving; (add.info)

Franz Anton Mesmer (engraving)
1700879 Franz Anton Mesmer (engraving); (add.info.: Franz Anton Mesmer (23 May 1734 - 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy.)

Engraving of Joseph Norman Lockyer, 1889 (engraving)
1574554 Engraving of Joseph Norman Lockyer, 1889 (engraving); (add.info.: Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920). English spectroscopist and astronomer. Detected and named Helium

Polish Astronomer Nicholas Copernicus, 1810 (engraving)
1574475 Polish Astronomer Nicholas Copernicus, 1810 (engraving); (add.info.: Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer who was first since Greek times to propose a heliocentric universe

Demonstration of the Earth's rotation using (Jean Bernard) Leon Foucault's Pendulum, 1887 (engraving)
535581 Demonstration of the Earth's rotation using (Jean Bernard) Leon Foucault's Pendulum, 1887 (engraving); (add.info)

Galileo Galilei demonstrating his telescope to the Doge and Venetian Senators, 1609. Engraving, 1747
533591 Galileo Galilei demonstrating his telescope to the Doge and Venetian Senators, 1609. Engraving, 1747.; (add.info.: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian astronomer & mathematician

Jean Baptiste Biot (1774-1862)
863519 Jean Baptiste Biot (1774-1862); (add.info.: Jean Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) French physicist and astronomer. In 1804, with Gay-Lussac

Portrait of Jean-Dominique
673295 Portrait of Jean-Dominique; (add.info.: Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini (30 June 1748 - 18 October 1845) was a French astronomer); Universal History Archive/UIG

Portrait of Alvan Clark
673274 Portrait of Alvan Clark; (add.info.: Alvan Clark (8 March 1804 - 19 August 1887), born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, the descendant of a Cape Cod whaling family of English ancestry

Lion constellation, late13th century (illumination)
1796600 Lion constellation, late13th century (illumination); (add.info.: Lion constellation, illumination from a sicilian book "Book of stars", late13th century)

Saturn (planet), 1927 (print)
2122094 Saturn (planet), 1927 (print); (add.info.: Paranormal. Astrology. Saturn (planet). Astrologic card from: Le Tarot Astrologique (Astrological Tarot), by Georges Muchery, France

Portrait of Galileo, book illustration (lithograph)
BAL71329 Portrait of Galileo, book illustration (lithograph); Biblioteca Nazionale, Turin, Italy

Aries represented by a ram from a series of reliefs depicting planetary symbols
BEN85116 Aries represented by a ram from a series of reliefs depicting planetary symbols and signs of the zodiac by Agostino di Duccio (1418-81), c.1450 (plaster); Chapel of the Planets

How man learns from the human eye (litho)
8676259 How man learns from the human eye (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How man learns from the human eye. Inventions using lenses)

Watching the solar eclipse, Hyde Park, London, 15 March 1858 (engraving)
8676327 Watching the solar eclipse, Hyde Park, London, 15 March 1858 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Watching the solar eclipse, Hyde Park, London)

Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, 1738-1822 (engraving)
8632207 Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, 1738-1822 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, 1738-1822)

Ferguson's First Studies in Astronomy (engraving)
8673791 Ferguson's First Studies in Astronomy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ferguson's First Studies in Astronomy)

How we know the Earth is round (litho)
8673156 How we know the Earth is round (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How we know the Earth is round)

Martha's Vineyard: View Northwest from the Observatory, Samoset Avenue (b/w photo)
8640629 Martha's Vineyard: View Northwest from the Observatory, Samoset Avenue (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Martha's Vineyard: Sea View Avenue and View South, from the Observatory (b/w photo)
8640621 Martha's Vineyard: Sea View Avenue and View South, from the Observatory (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Martha's Vineyard: Cottage City, Ocean Park and the Highlands, from the Observatory (b/w photo)
8640617 Martha's Vineyard: Cottage City, Ocean Park and the Highlands, from the Observatory (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cottage City)

Gottfried von Pappenheim, German general of the Thirty Years War (colour litho)
8655449 Gottfried von Pappenheim, German general of the Thirty Years War (colour litho) by Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gottfried von Pappenheim (1594-1632)

Sydney: The Observatory (b/w photo)
8644649 Sydney: The Observatory (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Observatory)

Telescope, Lick Observatory; Chinese Restaurant, San Francisco (b/w photo)
8644666 Telescope, Lick Observatory; Chinese Restaurant, San Francisco (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Telescope)

Windmill near Fort Phillip, The Present Site of the Observatory (engraving)
8651228 Windmill near Fort Phillip, The Present Site of the Observatory (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Windmill near Fort Phillip)

Copernicus (engraving)
8669264 Copernicus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Copernicus. "In the azure canopy he saw the stars, no longer stationary)

The "Comet" (colour litho)
8665264 The "Comet" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The "Comet")

First page of "Dioptricen Praefatio", by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), 17th century (printed monograph)
AIS5354024 First page of "Dioptricen Praefatio", by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), 17th century (printed monograph); (add.info)

Nighttime view of Rio de Janeiro taken from Corcovado
3562647 Nighttime view of Rio de Janeiro taken from Corcovado by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1910-1920 ca)

Caricature about the 1819 comet (end of the world) (engraving)
1729392 Caricature about the 1819 comet (end of the world) (engraving)

World map after Ptolemy, 1513 (coloured woodcut)
7339798 World map after Ptolemy, 1513 (coloured woodcut) by Unknown Artist, (16th century); 44x58 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: unknown)

Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), c.1795 (oil on panel)
7337932 Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), c.1795 (oil on panel) by Russell, John (1745-1806); 36.3x31x8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Vice-Admiral George Darby (circa 1720-1790), 1783-86 (oil on canvas)
7337877 Vice-Admiral George Darby (circa 1720-1790), 1783-86 (oil on canvas) by Romney, George (1734-1802); 243.8x152.4 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Admiral Sir John Jennings (1664-1743), 1708-09 (oil on canvas)
7337949 Admiral Sir John Jennings (1664-1743), 1708-09 (oil on canvas) by Kneller, Godfrey (1646-1723); 126.5x122 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Pair of maps of the Northern and Southern Celestial Hemispheres, 17th century (engraving)
7337556 Pair of maps of the Northern and Southern Celestial Hemispheres, 17th century (engraving) by Durer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); National Maritime Museum, London

Portrait of Sir George Biddell Airy, 1883 (oil on canvas)
7340895 Portrait of Sir George Biddell Airy, 1883 (oil on canvas) by Collier, John (1850-1934); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Portrait of Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892)

Aquarius, Pisces Australis and Ballon Aerostatique, c.1825 (card, paper, tissue)
7340891 Aquarius, Pisces Australis and Ballon Aerostatique, c.1825 (card, paper, tissue) by Hall, Sydney (fl.1826); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Sidney Hall Plate 26)

Scorpio, c.1825 (card, paper, tissue )
7340889 Scorpio, c.1825 (card, paper, tissue ) by Hall, Sydney (fl.1826); 20.3x14 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Sidney Hall Plate 23)

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Astronomical wonders unfold before our eyes, revealing the vastness and beauty of the cosmos. From the iconic Pale Blue Dot captured by Voyager 1 to the mesmerizing Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2012 image, we are reminded of our place in this infinite expanse. The historic 1919 solar eclipse confirmed Einstein's theory of general relativity, forever altering our understanding of space-time. Gazing up at the night sky, we find solace in familiar constellations like The Plough asterism in Ursa Major and Orions belt, guiding us through the celestial tapestry. Joseph Wright's Orrery brings to life a mechanical representation of our solar system, reminding us of its intricate workings. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field galaxies captivate with their sheer number and diversity, showcasing countless cosmic marvels waiting to be explored. The Messier objects present a full set of celestial treasures for astronomers to uncover and study. Within Orion's nebula lies a stellar nursery where new stars are born amidst swirling gas clouds—a breathtaking sight that ignites curiosity about the origins of life itself. Earthrise photograph immortalizes humanity's first glimpse at our home from space—an artwork that evokes awe and unity among all who behold it. The Pillars of Creation stand tall within the Eagle Nebula—a testament to nature's ability to sculpt extraordinary formations over millions of years. Nebula Sh 2-106 reveals its vibrant colors through an exquisite HST image, captivating us with its ethereal beauty. As we continue exploring these astronomical wonders, let us embrace both humbleness and wonderment—knowing that there is still so much left undiscovered beyond what meets our eyes.