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North celestial pole and circumpolar constellations

author: L.Laveder/Novapix

reference: a-cst66-00004

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 19 cm

Pole star Polaris (near the center of the image) and circumpolar constellations; from left to right and top to bottom: Big Dipper, Draco with Little Dipper, Cygnus, Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Constellation mythological forms from "Uranographia" star atlas by Hevelius (1690) have been added. May 20Â 2007, Ploumanach (Cotes d'Armor-France).

Keywords for this photo:

2007 - ASTRONOMY - BIG DIPPER - BRITTANY - CASSIOPEIA - CELESTIAL ATLAS - CEPHEUS - CIRCUMPOLAR - CONSTELLATION - COTES D'ARMOR - CYGNUS - DRACO - FRANCE - HEVELIUS JOHANNES - LANDSCAPE - LITTLE DIPPER - NIGHT - NORTH CELESTIAL POLE - POLARIS - POLE STAR - SAGITTARIUS - STAR - STARRY SKY - SUMMER - URSA MAJOR - URSA MINOR -