hevelius-cosmographia
Sextans Uraniae - The Sextant of Urania
by Johannes Hevelius
Year:1690
Collection:From Uranographia (1690)
Medium:Hand-colored engraving
About this artwork
A constellation created by Hevelius to commemorate his astronomical sextant destroyed in the fire of 1679. Named for Urania, the muse of astronomy.
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