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Celestial chart of the Tychonic system
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Celestial map showing the geocentric system of Tycho Brahe. In the center is the Earth, surrounded by the orbits of the sun and the moon. Around the sun are the orbits of the planets. Brahe's system is supported on this map with text and calculations. At the bottom, in the center, a scale bar: 4000 Scala Diametrorum Terrae quarum una constat 1720 milliariubus Germanicus communibus. In the outer ring is the zodiac. Title cartouches in the upper left and right corners. Numbered in the lower right corner: 9.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHemelkaart van het stelsel van Brahe. 1660. Johannes van Loon. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
