PIX4568468: Open cluster M11 in the Sobieski ECU - M11 open cluster in Scutum - M11, NGC6705, is a particularly compact and star-rich open cluster (about 2900), located in the constellation Sobieski ECU. The image is of a young cluster of stars located in the direction of the constellation named Scutum. This tight gathering of stars, known as the Wild Duck Cluster or M11, features about 2,900 individual members - most of them are approximately 250 million years old - the newest stars appear white - blue, the older ones have a yellowed appearance. This group of stars hangs in space about 5,000 light - years from Earth / Bridgeman Images

FLO4568486: Portrait of actor James Aiken in the role of King Henry, in the play Henry VI by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Drawing by R. Dighton, engraving published in “” Bell's Shakespeare””, John Bell, 1776, London, England. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4568493: Portrait of actor William Thomas Lewis in the role of the Prince of Wales in William Shakespeare's play Henry IV (1564-1616). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4568519: Open cluster NGC 6830 in the Little Fox - Open cluster NGC 6830 in Vulpecula - The NGC 6830 cluster is a cluster composed of 20 to 30 very scattered stars; its distance is estimated at 5,500 years - light. This cluster of 20 to 30 stars is located 5 500 light years away / Bridgeman Images

FLO4568522: Portrait of actress Mary Bulkley in the role of Madame Ford in The Joyeuses Merchants of Windsor by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Drawing by James Roberts, engraving published in “” Bell's Shakespeare””, John Bell, 1776, London, England. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4568547: Portrait of actor John Dunstall in the role of Syracuse's dromio in William Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors (1564-1616). Drawing by Parkinson, engraving published in “” Bell's Shakespeare””, John Bell, 1776, London, England. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4568556: Portrait of actor Thomas Weston in the role of Costard in William Shakespeare's play Lost Love Punishments (1564-1616). Drawing by R. Dighton, engraving published in “” Bell's Shakespeare””, John Bell, 1776, London, England. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4568609: Portrait of actor William Smith in the role of Richard III (play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). He is a fencing guard, wearing panties and stockings, puffy sleeves and bare head. Smith led his career from 1753 to 1788 in London and was renowned for his delicate and sensitive interpretations of a refined gentleman. Engraving in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London (England, 1776 to 1785. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4568610: Portrait of actor Thomas Sheridan in the role of Brutus, for William Shakespeare's play “Julius Caesar” (1564-1616). Engraving by James Roberts, published in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London, England, 1776. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4568671: Open cluster NGC 7789 in Cassiopee - Open cluster NGC 7789 in Cassiopeia - The cluster of stars NGC 7789 is located about 7600 years - light from Earth. It contains about 300 stars, including a number of giant red stars. His age is estimated at 1.6 billion years. The open cluster NGC 7789 in Cassiopeia is a bright and richly populated cluster comprised of approximately 300 member stars which are evenly distributed and well detached from the background sky. This cluster lies at a distance of 7620 light - years away with an apparent diameter of 25 '. As indicated by the various red giants in the image, the cluster is advanced in age and which has been estimated to be approximately 1.6 billion years - old / Bridgeman Images

PIX4568697: Open Cluster of Pleiades - The Pleiades star cluster - The Pleiades cluster is a cluster of about 500 young stars nees 150 million years ago. Visible in the constellation Taurus, this cluster is 440 years from the Earth. The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is one of the brightest and famous star clusters visible in the northern hemisphere. It consists of about 500 bright, hot, young stars that were all born at the same time between 75 and 150 million years ago within a large cloud of dust and gas. The cluster contains many stars, of which only a handful are commonly visible to the naked eye. The blue haze that accompanies them is due to very fine dust which still remains and preferentially reflects the blue light from the stars. This star cluster lie some 440 light years away from the Earth, in the constellation of Taurus / Bridgeman Images

FLO4569856: Rush lily, Sowerbaea juncea, native to Australia. Named for the botanical artist James Sowerby. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4569863: Comete Hale - Bopp - Comet Hale - Bopp - Comete Hale - Bopp seen above rocks in April 1997. Comet Hale - Bopp above rocks. April 199 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4569864: Comete Hale - Bopp - Comet Hale - Bopp - Comete Hale - Bopp seen in April 1997. Comet Hale - Bopp seen in April 199 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4569869: Indian pink or woodland pinkroot, Spigelia marilandica, native to North America. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4569884: Narrowleaf bottle brush, Callistemon linearis, native to Australia. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4569927: Sea mango, Cerbera manghas, native to the Seychelles and islands in the Indian Ocean. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570001: Halley Comet - Halley Comet on April 9 - 10, 1986 - Halley Comet on April 9 - 10, 1986 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570009: Coral tree, Erythrina americana, native to the American tropics. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Goulet from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570033: Mosquito flower or pink brush, Lopezia racemosa, native to Mexico. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570053: Comete Hyakutake 25/03/1996 - Comet Hyakutake March 25 199 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570063: Heavenly or sacred bamboo, Nandina domestica, native to China and Japan. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570067: Comete Hyakutake and Big Bear - Comet Hyakutake and Big Dipper March 25 199 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570077: Cheiridopsis denticulata, succulent native to South Africa. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570088: Core of Comet Hyakutake - Comet Hyakutake nucleu / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570101: Comete Hyakutake - Comet Hyakutake - Comete Hyakutake March 1996. This is the spectacular Comet Hyakutake as it passed closest to Earth in March of 1996. The solid portion or nucleus of a comet is made up of ice, frozen gases, dust and small rock. And it is relatively small - less than 15 miles in diameter. As its orbit takes it closer to the sun, this frozen mass begins to melt and a coma, which is a gaseous cloud, develops around the nucleus. This coma can grow to be tens of thousands of miles in diameter. Finally a tail also develops which can become millions of miles long. This color photo reveals the blue - green glow around the coma, the yellow - red shroud of a dust tail, and the many long blue streamers of the ion tail / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570104: Little gem daffodil, Narcissus minor, native to France and Spain. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Pater Guyard from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570118: Comete Hyakutake - Comet Hyakutake - View on March 18, 1996 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570149: Bigarade bitter orange, Citrus x aurantium. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570155: Comete Hyakutake and Big Bear - Comet Hyakutake and Big Dipper 03/1996 - The Comete Hyakutake crosses the Great Bear. 26/03/1996. Hyakutake bumps the Big Dipper. Mar 26 1996. Image includes Coma Berenices and Arcturus / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566154: Hornungia. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Rock hutchinsia, Hutchinsia petraea. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1835. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566248: Star watching - Night sky observation - Two girls look at the sky sitting in the dunes, with the Big Bear in the background. Two girls watching the starry sky / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566275: Amateur astronomer in the mountains - Amateur astronomer - Amateur astronomer Sebastian Voltmer prepares his equipment for an evening of observation in the mountains. On the right, the Matterhorn. Amateur astronomer Sebastian Voltmer before an observing night in mountain. At right is Matterhorn / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566279: Epiary swamp. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Clown's allheal or marsh woundwort, Stachys palustris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566284: Fruit arabette bends or arabette tourette. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Tower wallcress, Arabis turrita. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Mathews of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1835. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566309: Faux nenuphar - Fringed waterlily, Villarsia nymphaeoides, Nymphaea-like villarsia - Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834 / Bridgeman Images