Stereographic Northern Hemisphere, 1822 is a photograph by U.S. Naval Observatory Library which was uploaded on December 13th, 2016.
Stereographic Northern Hemisphere, 1822
Stereographic projection is a mapping technique that projects a sphere onto a plane. The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of... more
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Stereographic Northern Hemisphere, 1822
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U.S. Naval Observatory Library
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Stereographic projection is a mapping technique that projects a sphere onto a plane. The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator, the word hemisphere literally means, half sphere. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator. A Celestial Atlas (1822) by Alexander Jamieson, inspired by the star atlas of Johann Elert Bode, but restricted itself to stars that could be seen with the naked eye. Comprising a systematic display of the heavens in a series of thirty maps illustrated by scientific description of their contents and accompanied by catalogues of the stars and astronomical exercises, plate 1, 1822.
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December 13th, 2016
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