Atlas Coelestis
The Atlas Coelestis is a star atlas published posthumously in 1729, based on observations made by the First Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed.
Title page (copy owned by the Derby Museum and Art Gallery). | |
| Author | John Flamsteed |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | James Thornhill |
| Country | England |
| Subject | Astronomy |
Publication date | 1729 |
The Atlas – the largest that ever had been published and the first comprehensive telescopic star catalogue and companion celestial atlas – contains 26 maps of the major constellations visible from Greenwich, with drawings made in the Rococo style by James Thornhill. It also presents two planispheres designed by Abraham Sharp.
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