PIX4568016: Open cluster M41 in the Great Dog - Open cluster M41 in Canis Major - M41 (NGC 2287), is a cluster of a hundred stars located about 2300 years - light from Earth. This open cluster contains about one hundred stars; it is located at about 2300 light year away. This skyview is corresponding to binoculars and small telescopes / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568031: Yellow centauree or chlorine perfoliated. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Miss Isabella M. Clark 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. Perfoliate yellow wort, Chlora perfoliata, Blackstonia perfoliata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Miss Isabella M. Clark 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
PIX4568051: Star clusters M46 and M47 and planetary nebula NGC 2438 in stern - Open clusters M46 and M47 - M46 (NGC 2437) and M47 (NGC 2422), are two open clusters located in the constellation Stern. M46, which contains the planetary nebula NGC 2438, is on the left, M47, on the right. M46 and M47 are two interesting open clusters that lie a little more than 1 degree apart in the sky in the constellation of Pupis. M46, containing planetary nebula NGC 2438, is seen at left in this photo, and M47 is at right. M47 is a bright cluster that can be seen with the unaided eye under dark skies. It is comprised of about 30 stars, and is 30 arc minutes in diameter and has an overall brightness of 4.4 magnitude / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568059: Star cluster M46 and planetary nebula NGC 2438 - Open cluster M46 and planetary nebula NGC 2438 - M46 (NGC 2437) is an age cluster located at 5400 years - light. It contains about 500 stars, 150 of which are brilliant. It is about 300 million years old. The planetary nebula NGC 2438 does not appear to belong to this cluster, and must be closer although its distance is unknown. M46 (NGC 2437) is at a distance of about 5,400 light - years away from Earth with an estimated age of about 300 million years. It contains about 500 stars of which 150 are bright. Planetary nebula NGC 2438 (top) doesn't seem to belong to the cluster / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568098: Open cluster M44 in cancer - Open star cluster M44 in Cancer - M44 is a cluster of stars located 577 years - light from Earth, in the constellation Cancer. M44, the Praesepe or Beehive, is an open cluster located about halfway between Gemini and Leo. It is an easy naked eye object more than twice the size across the full moon. Galileo first observed it in a telescope as a collection of about 40 stars, and today's modern large telescopes reveal about 350 stars. M44 is about 577 light years away, and is about 400 million years old, the same age as the Hyades cluster / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568101: Genet has a broom. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by W.A.Delamotte 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. Common broom, Spartium scoparium, Cytisus scoparius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by W.A. Delamotte 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
FLO4568115: Burning lobelie. 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. Acrrid lobelia, Lobelia urens. 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
PIX4568125: Open cluster M44 in cancer - Open star cluster M44 in Cancer - M44 is a cluster of stars located only 600 years - light from Earth, in the constellation Cancer. Image obtained with a 106 mm bezel, composite of different poses. M44 (NGC 2632), the Beehive Cluster, also known as Praesepe, is an easy naked eye object more than twice the size across of the full moon, and has thus been noted since prehistoric times. It was one of the first objects on which Galileo trained his newly acquired telescope. M44 is one of the nearest open clusters, close to 600 light - years away / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568133: Common carnation or florists or carnation cloves. 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. Clove pink carnation, Dianthus cariophyllus. 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. Engraved by Charles Mathews. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568137: Open cluster M44 in cancer - Open star cluster M44 in Cancer - M44 is a cluster of stars located only 600 years - light from Earth, in the constellation Cancer. M44 (NGC 2632), the Beehive Cluster, also known as Praesepe, is an easy naked eye object more than twice the size across of the full moon, and has thus been noted since prehistoric times. It was one of the first objects on which Galileo trained his newly acquired telescope. M44 is one of the nearest open clusters, close to 600 light - years away / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570901: Anne d'Alencon, Lady of La Guerche, Marquise de Montserrat 1492-1562. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570913: Charles II of Amboise, Lord of Chaumont, Governor of Milan 1473-1511. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 95 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4570920: Comete 17P/Holmes 29/10/2007 - Comet 17P/Holmes October 29 2007 - On October 24, 2007, Comete 17P/Holmes suddenly increased luminosite and became visible to the naked eye. In this image obtained a few days later in France, the comete is visible near the constellation of Persee (in the center of the image). In late October 2007, Comet Holmes amazingly brightened 15 magnitude (about million times). On October 29, Holmes is easily visible in the sky in the center of image / Bridgeman Images
PIX4570924: Comete 17P/Holmes 29/10/2007 - Comet 17P/Holmes October 29 2007 - View of comet 17P/Holmes on October 29, 2007. On October 24, 2007, Comete 17P/Holmes suddenly increased luminosite and became visible to the naked eye. The false nucleus and inner coma of Comet 17P/Holmes is seen here in a composite exposures on 29 October 2007. Comet 17P/Holmes began a spectacular outburst in brightness on October 24th, brightening from 17th magnitude to 2.5th magnitude, an increase of more than 1 million times brighter to become a unaided - eye object in the constellation of Perseus / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570947: Judge or doctor of law, Judge or Doctor of Law, 16th century France. Handcoloured lithograph after a miniature of the court of King Louis XII in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 144 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570963: King Francis I of France. Francois I, King of France, 1494-1547. On horseback in battle costume: black suit of armour, red tonlet, with mace and sword. Drawn and lithographed by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 2 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571046: Jean d'Estrees, grand master of the French artillery, 1486-1571. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VIII from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571054: Catherine de Vendome, wife of Jean d'Estrees, grand master of the French artillery, d.1567. Handcoloured lithograph after a miniature in a prayer book in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VIII 25 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4571099: Comet Lulin (C2007/N3) - View of Comet Lulin (C2007/N3), February 21, 2009. Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) on February 21, 2009 from 05:41 UT to 06:20 UT. The faint blue ion tail is seen to the upper right, and the anti - tail stretches to the lower left. Composite of 19 two - minute exposures that has been enhanced in Photoshop to bring out faint details in the tails / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571110: Anne de Graville, Lady Montagu, French poet and translator, daughter of Louis Malet, 16th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in the manuscript of the Histoire de Berose Caldee in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VIII 39 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571142: Bonaventure Desperiers, French writer, poet and painter, d. 1544. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571172: King's Corps, Compagnie Francaise. Royal bodyguard, French company to King Francis I. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VIII 78 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4571179: Comet C/2009 P1 Garrad - September 2011 - Comet C/2009 P1 Garrad seen near the Hanger cluster (or Brocchi cluster), an asterism located in the constellation Little Fox. September 4, 2011. Comet C/2009 P1 Garrad is seen in the vicinity of the Coathanger asterism, also known as Brocchi's cluster, Al Sufi's cluster or Collinder. September 4, 2011 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571184: Alderman of Paris, Echevin de Paris, reign of King Francis I. The livery features the coat of arms of Paris on the sleeve. Handcoloured lithograph after a contemporary woodblock from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571207: Worker with large axe, artisan, merchant and woman of Paris. Costumes of the people of Paris, reign of King Francis I of France. Handcoloured lithograph after figures in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571240: King Henry II of Navarre. Henri d'Albert, King of Navarre 1505-1555, reign of King Henri II of France. He holds a daisy or daisite. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in Roger de Gagnieres' portfolio from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571244: Catherine de Medici, queen of France, reign of King Henry II of France. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' cabinet (portfolio VIII 95) from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571250: Claude de Lorraine, first Duke of Guise. Illustration drawn and lithographed by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio VIII 102 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4569234: Sea slugs: Phyllidia varicosa 1,2, Tergipes limacina 3,4, Aeolidia papillosa 5, Scyllaea pelagica 6, Tritonia hombergii 7, Polycera quadrilineata 8, and Platydoris argo 9,10. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4569237: La Meridienne de l'Hotel Chenizot - Paris - Sundial in Paris: This meridian dates back to 1730. It indicates noon, as well as the shifts and half hours before and after. A Meridian is based on the well-known principle of the sundial, but only preys to determine the exact time of noon (Meridian = half of the day). 51 Rue Saint-Louis, 75004 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4569251: Sundial of the house of Cuvier (Paris 5e) - Sundial in Paris: On the facade of the old house of Cuvier, today one of the entrance to the Jardin des Plantes, you can see a beautiful dial declinating from the afternoon. The style is missing. Sundial located on the front of the Cuvier's house (75005), one of the entrance of the Jardin des Plantes / Bridgeman Images