Stier by Johann Elert Bode (1805)

Hand-colored star chart showing the bull of Taurus and the hunter Orion with labeled stars and constellations.

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This hand-colored star chart shows the constellation Taurus as a large brown bull, with Orion depicted as a bearded hunter holding a club below it. Labeled stars, the Pleiades cluster in an inset, and figures of Perseus and Medusa's head appear across the sky. The plate is titled Stier and was made by Johann Elert Bode in 1805.

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1805

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Mythology