Sagittarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' pie shop With a description in Dutch

With a description in Dutch

Illustration of Two wax flowers

Pop stars from Liverpool

Thiers' position as President had become impossible

Interior of the British Museum

Sagittarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' pie shop With a description in DutchThe constellation Sagittarius (the archer or centaur). Map 8 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: engraving. 1729