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Perseus and the Caput Medusae
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From a set of engravings known as Urania’s Mirror or a View of the Heavens published in around 1825. The set of thirty-two astronomical star-chart cards were enormously popular — and probably very helpful to amateur astronomers learning to read the heavens. Each card is pierced with holes corresponding in size to the magnitudes of the brightest stars, meaning that when held the card up to the light it would shine with the constellation pattern. (Source: Rawpixel / Library of Congress)
- Aries and Musca Borealis Sidney Hall
- Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniae, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica Sidney Hall
- Celestial phenomenon over Salon-de-Provence, 1554 Anonymous
- Leo Major and the Leo Minor Sidney Hall
- Hercules and the Corona Borealis Sidney Hall
- Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, April, 1561 Anonymous
- Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, 1556 Anonymous
- Celestial phenomenon over Marburg, 1571 Anonymous