Johann Elert Bode – Vorstellung der Gestirne Star Atlas Illustrations

Mapmaker / Cartographer: Johann Elert Bode

Name of Work: Vorstellung der Gestirne

Date of Publication: 1782

Handcolored copperplate engravings representing the Constellations from the star atlas “Vorstellung der Gestirne” by the German astronomer and mapmaker Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826).

Born in Hamburg, Bode became the director of the Berlin Observatory and published the Uranographia in 1801, a celestial atlas showing the positions of stars,and including an artistic interpretation of the figures in the constellations. This smaller star atlas – Vorgestellung der Gestirne (Presentation of the Stars) – was intended for astronomical amateurs.

Bode is known for his reformulation and popularisation of the Titius–Bode law. He also charted the orbit of Uranus and suggested the planet’s name.

Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate V – Lyncis, Leo, Leo Minor, Cancer, Gemini	Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate II- Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Ursa Minor, Draco, Camelopardalis	Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate III – Andromeda, Perseus, Triangulum
Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate VI – Ursa Major, Leo Minor	Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate X	Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate XII – Bootes, Coma Berenices, Arcturus
Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate XII	Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate XXIII – Sea Monster	Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate XXVI
Star Map by Johann Elert Bode – Plate XXVII