Orion constellation, 15th century artwork. Engraving of the hunter Orion, showing black asterisks that indicate the position of the stars that make up

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Orion constellation, 15th century artwork. Engraving of the hunter Orion, showing black asterisks that indicate the position of the stars that make up this constellation. This illustration is from Poeticon Astronomicon (Poetic Astronomy), a star atlas by Hyginus that was published in 1482.

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Size: 3886px × 5315px
Photo credit: © ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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