[Himmelsatlas] [Atlas coelestis] [Atlas céleste] [Comparison with Flamsteed (1729) and Fortin (1778)] [A transparent celestial atlas (1826) by Franz Niklaus Koenig]


Franz Niklaus König: Celestial atlas (1826)

The diaphanous "Atlas céleste" (plate 1-27, 30)

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [30]


Diaphanorama

Pole Star

Pole Star

Great show
26 images (254 KB)

Little show
3 images (33 KB)

Diaphanous images
about 6 - 12 KB
Remark: You can't see
the images with a white
background ("Options"!)
e.g.: Little Bear

Tables
1-27 and 30
in [ ]
about 133 - 204 KB
e.g.: Table [2]

The northern celestial hemisphere

Constellations


Remark: The numbering of the plates refer to the 2nd edition of the Atlas céleste de Flamsteed, edited by Jean Fortin (1776), which was used by the Bernese artist Franz Niklaus König. (Difference: unnumbered = plate 1 and 30, exchanged: plate 13 and 15.)
Realization

Thomas Klöti, Universitätsbibliothek Bern
Kurt Stadelmann, Museum of Communication, Berne
Bernhard Maurer, Restaurator, Bern


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Last updated: 05/1998 by Thomas Klöti