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The crescent phases of Venus and detailed representations of its appearance as seen through a telescope, from Riccioli's 1651 New Almagest.
Venus Phases from New Almagest — The crescent phases of Venus and detailed representations of its appearance as seen through a telescope, from Riccioli's 1651 New Almagest.
Photo Credit: By G. B. Riccioli - Almagest Novum/Astronomia Reformata of 1651/1665, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16707215
Venus Phases from New Almagest The crescent phases of Venus and detailed representations of its appearance as seen through a telescope, from Riccioli's 1651 New Almagest.
Mythological figures observe the heavens with a telescope and weigh the heliocentric theory of Copernicus in a balance against his modified version of Tycho Brahe's geo-heliocentric system, in which the Sun, Moon, Jupiter and Saturn orbit the Earth while Mercury, Venus, and Mars orbit the Sun. The old Ptolemaic geocentric theory lies discarded on the ground, made obsolete by the telescope's discoveries. These are illustrated at top and include phases of Venus and Mercury and a surface feature on Mars (left), moons of Jupiter, rings of Saturn, and features on the moon (right). The balance tips in favor of Riccioli's
Frontispiece of Riccioli's 1651 New Almagest — Mythological figures observe the heavens with a telescope and weigh the heliocentric theory of Copernicus in a balance against his modified version of Tycho Brahe's geo-heliocentric system, in which the Sun, Moon, Jupiter and Saturn orbit the Earth while Mercury, Venus, and Mars orbit the Sun. The old Ptolemaic geocentric theory lies discarded on the ground, made obsolete by the telescope's discoveries. These are illustrated at top and include phases of Venus and Mercury and a surface feature on Mars (left), moons of Jupiter, rings of Saturn, and features on the moon (right). The balance tips in favor of Riccioli's "Tychonic" system.
Photo Credit: By Franciscus Curtus (1603–1670) - Almagestum Novum of 1651, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16670323
Frontispiece of Riccioli's 1651 New Almagest Mythological figures observe the heavens with a telescope and weigh the heliocentric theory of Copernicus in a balance against his modified version of Tycho Brahe's geo-heliocentric system, in which the Sun, Moon, Jupiter and Saturn orbit the Earth while Mercury, Venus, and Mars orbit the Sun. The old Ptolemaic geocentric theory lies discarded on the ground, made obsolete by the telescope's discoveries. These are illustrated at top and include phases of Venus and Mercury and a surface feature on Mars (left), moons of Jupiter, rings of Saturn, and features on the moon (right). The balance tips in favor of Riccioli's "Tychonic" system.
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Giovanni Battista Riccioli — cropped and retouched
Photo Credit: By Wiccioli - Old Book from 17th century -- scan partially cleaned up by me, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16608123
Giovanni Battista Riccioli cropped and retouched
An illustrious Federation <i>Excelsior</i>class explorer in <a href=Star Trek: Voyager" title="Click to enlarge" />
USS Al-Batani — An illustrious Federation Excelsiorclass explorer in Star Trek: Voyager
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USS Al-Batani An illustrious Federation Excelsiorclass explorer in Star Trek: Voyager
Oblique view from Apollo 16 (craft's gamma-ray spectrometer visible in upper left), facing south. The crater is named after Arab astronomer al-Battani - name originally assigned by Italian astronomer Giovanni Riccioli in 1651.
Albategnius Lunar Crater — Oblique view from Apollo 16 (craft's gamma-ray spectrometer visible in upper left), facing south. The crater is named after Arab astronomer al-Battani - name originally assigned by Italian astronomer Giovanni Riccioli in 1651.
Photo Credit: By James Stuby based on NASA image.Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38121046
Albategnius Lunar Crater Oblique view from Apollo 16 (craft's gamma-ray spectrometer visible in upper left), facing south. The crater is named after Arab astronomer al-Battani - name originally assigned by Italian astronomer Giovanni Riccioli in 1651.
Artist's impression of al-Battānī holding an astrolabe
al-Battānī (858 - 929) — Artist's impression of al-Battānī holding an astrolabe
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8946885
al-Battānī (858 - 929) Artist's impression of al-Battānī holding an astrolabe
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Al-Battani — cropped
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Al-Battani cropped
Baldwin II's funeral —
Photo Credit: By Unknown - http://images.easyart.com/highres_images/easyart/3/0/301994.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8983618
Baldwin II's funeral
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Edward II of England — cropped
Photo Credit: By Scan by NYPL - https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-9234-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46714700
Edward II of England cropped
Early fourteenth-century manuscript: Artist has perhaps tried to depict Edward's blepharoptosis, a trait he inherited from his father.
Edward I and wife Eleanor. — Early fourteenth-century manuscript: Artist has perhaps tried to depict Edward's blepharoptosis, a trait he inherited from his father.
Photo Credit: By Unknown - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7678202
Edward I and wife Eleanor. Early fourteenth-century manuscript: Artist has perhaps tried to depict Edward's blepharoptosis, a trait he inherited from his father.
An illuminated detail from BL Royal MS 20 A ii, Chronicle of England [folio 10], showing Edward II of England receiving his crown.
Edward II Crowned — An illuminated detail from BL Royal MS 20 A ii, Chronicle of England [folio 10], showing Edward II of England receiving his crown.
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20987325
Edward II Crowned An illuminated detail from BL Royal MS 20 A ii, Chronicle of England [folio 10], showing Edward II of England receiving his crown.
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