Gemini Constellation, Zodiac Sign #3 is a photograph by Science Source which was uploaded on July 7th, 2014.
Gemini Constellation, Zodiac Sign #3
Gemini constellation from Johannes Hevelius' Prodromus astronomiae, Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia, 1687. Gemini is one of the... more
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Gemini Constellation, Zodiac Sign #3
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Gemini constellation from Johannes Hevelius' Prodromus astronomiae, Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia, 1687. Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It was one of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin for twins, and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. Gemini lies between Taurus to the west and Cancer to the east, with Auriga and Lynx to the north and Monoceros and Canis Minor to the south. Gemini the third astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Gemini. It spans the 60-90th degree of the Tropical zodiac, which the Sun transits this area of the zodiac from May 20 to June 21 each year. The Hevelius Firmamentum was the first star atlas to rival Bayer's Uranometria in accuracy, utility, innovation, and influence. Hevelius was perhaps the most active observational astronomer of the last half of the seventeenth century. His star atlas is notable for many reasons. It contains 56 large, double page engraved star maps. The star positions for the charts were derived from his own star catalog, based on his own observations, which was first published along with the atlas. It is unique among the Grand Atlases in choosing to depict the constellations as they would appear on a globe, that is, from the outside looking in, rather than from a geocentric point of view, as Bayer and most others adopted.
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