Bootes constellation. 17th century engraving of Bootes (the Herdsman), overlaid with the positions of the stars that make up this constellation. Boote
Bootes constellation. 17th century engraving of Bootes (the Herdsman), overlaid with the positions of the stars that make up this constellation. Bootes is shown here with a sickle, scythe and sheaf of wheat. This star map is from Uranometria, a star atlas published in 1603 by the German astronomer Johann Bayer. It contained a total of 51 star maps, plotted using the most accurate observations of the time. It was the first star atlas to use reference grids on its maps, and the first to use Greek letters to identify individual stars, though it retained the traditional mythological depictions of the constellations.
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