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Stars Arranged in Rings
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Plate XXVIII from Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750), a richly illustrated work (embellished with both fragments of poetry and stunning images) explaining his theories on the universe, including the appearance of the Milky Way as "an optical effect due to our immersion in what locally approximates to a flat layer of stars". (Image source: The Getty via Internet Achive)
- Comet Gebea Anonymous
- Celestial Chart Tobias Conrad Lotter
- Eclipse of the Sun by the Earth as Seen from the Moon James Nasmyth
- Scenes in Regent Street and Piccadilly Henrique Alvim Corrêa
- Normal Lunar Crater James Nasmyth
- Photograph of the Moon John Herschel
- Perspective View of the Visible Creation Thomas Wright
- Aratus' Model of the Universe Andreas Cellarius