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English: Ursa Major, Astronomical chart showing a bear forming the constellation. 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.
Français : La Grande Ourse. Carte astronomique. Gravure coloriée à la main.
Türkçe: Büyük Ayı takımyıldızı 1825 yılında kitap çizimi. Elle renklendirilmiş.
Deutsch: Das Sternbild Großer Bär von Sidney Hall von 1825.
Русский: Астрономическая карта Большой Медведицы.
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under the digital ID cph.3g10058.
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Author
Sidney Hall  (1788–1831)  wikidata:Q7509106
 
Description English cartographer and copper engraver
Date of birth/death 1788 Edit this at Wikidata 1831 Edit this at Wikidata
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Greater London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q7509106
Other versions Restored version of Image:Ursa Major.jpg with dirt and stains removed, broken border lines redrawn, levels adjusted, and color balanced.
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Key

Area around Draco:

  • γ: Pherkad (Ursa Minor)
  • β: Kocab (Ursa Minor)
  • Unmarked: η Dra
  • θ: θ Dra
  • i: Edasich
  • a: Thuban
  • x: κ Dra
  • λ: Giausar

Canes Venatici:

  • a: Cor Caroli
  • d: Chora

Tail:

  • η: Alkid
  • g: Alcor
  • ζζ: Mizar
  • ε: Alioth
  • Unmarked: HP63503
  • y: HP65728

Hind legs:

  • δ: Megrez
  • γ: Phad
  • χ: χ UMa
  • Ψ: Ψ UMa
  • ω: ω UMa
  • p: HP55266
  • v: Alula Borealis
  • ξ: Alula Australis
  • λ: Tania Borealis
  • μ: Tania Australis
  • w: HP51658

Body:

  • a: Dubhe
  • β: Merak
  • r: HP53064
  • m: HP51814
  • l: HP51459
  • z: HP52353
  • v: HP50933
  • k: HP50448
  • υ: υ UMa
  • x: HP52425

Forelegs:

  • E: HP47965
  • Φ: Φ UMa
  • F: HP47006
  • θ: θ UMa
  • κ: κ UMa
  • i: Talitha
  • B: HP45455
  • e: e UMa
  • f: f UMa

Cameleopardalis:

  • q: HP39147
  • p: HP39340

Face:

  • Unmarked: HP47911
  • σ1: σ1 UMa
  • σ2: σ2 UMa
  • d: d UMa
  • ϱ: ϱ UMa
  • h: h UMa
  • i: HP43903
  • π1: π1 UMa
  • π2: π2 UMa
  • A: HP42080
  • v: HP40772
  • o: Muscida
  • q: 24 Lyn
  • b: b UMa
  • c: c UMa
  • D: HP41676
  • τ: τ UMa

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