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Systema Solare et Planetarium, Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremberg, c. 1708–1710Copperplate engraving with hand color. This celebrated celestial chart presents the

Octavo volume containing the French edition of John Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis, here in the second edition prepared by Nicolas Fortin,

Plate V – Constellations Ursa Major, Lyncis (the Lynx), Leo (the lion), Leo Minor (the smaller lion), Cancer (the crab),

Plate II from Johann Elert Bode’s Atlas of the Stars showing the constellations Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Ursa Minor (the little bear),

Plate III from Johann Elert Bode’s Atlas of the Stars showing the constellations Andromeda, Perseus, Triangulum.  

Plate VI – Ursa Major – the great bear, Leo Minor – the smaller bear, Canes Venatici -the hunting dogs.

Plate X Star Map from Johann Elert Bode – Constellations shown: Delphinus – the Dolphin, Vulpecula – the Fox, Aquila

Plate VII Star Map from Johann Elert Bode – Constellations shown: Coma Berenices, or Berenice’s Hair, is a constellation in the northern

Plate XII – A Star Map by Johann Elert Bode showing the constellations Pegasus, Andromeda, Delphinus (the dolphin), Vulpecula (the

Plate XXIII – Cetus the Sea Monster.  In English this constellation is also sometimes called the Whale.  

Plate XXVI from Johann Elert Bode’s Vorstellung der Gestirne showing Hydra the Water Snake, the largest of all 88 constellations,

Map of the Constellations by Johann Elert Bode – Plate XXVII showing Jungfrau (Virgo), the head of Centaur, the tail end of Hydra the Water Snake, and Corvus the Crow.