PIX4589557: Cassiopee Constellation - The constellation of Cassiopeia - Cassiopeia, was seen in mythology as the seated Queen of Ethiopia (not to be confused with the modern AEthiopia). She was the wife of Cepheus and the mother of Andromeda, beautiful but boastful. The grouping of moderately bright stars has a distinctive 'W' shape and lies in a rather faint part of the northern Milky Way. It is circumpolar for latitudes north of 50*. Occupying almost 500 square degrees of sky it is the 25th largest of the 88 modern constellations / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589633: Constellations of Cassiopee and Persee - Cassiopeia and Perseus constellations - Cassiopee and Persee with the double cluster of Persee in the Lactee Way above the glows of Brest. Cassiopeia and Perseus constellations with the double cluster above lights from the city of Brest (Brittany, France) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589688: Summer Sky, Cassiopee Constellation - Summer Starry Sky, constellation of Cassiopeia - To the north - east, the constellation Persee to the left of the tree; Cassiopee and its W shape is higher. Glue at the top right of the tree, the great galaxy of Andromede M 31. Then following the lactee route, the constellation of Cephee. August 18, 2009. Top left is Cepheus constellation with Lacerta to its right; in the middle Cassiopeia constellation, with the great galaxy of Andromeda to its right; bottom is Perseus. August 18, 2009 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4589858: Shopfront to Lescot's pharmacy on the rue de Grammont, Paris, early 1800s. Handcoloured lithograph from Hector-Martin Lefuel's “” Boutiques Parisiennes du Premier Empire,”” (Parisian Stores of the First Empire), Paris: Albert Morance, 1925. The lithographs were reproduced from watercolors by the French architect Hector-Martin Lefuel (1810-1880), famous for his work on the completion of the Louvre and Fontainebleau. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586349: Variete of orchid epidendrum, known as Jamaican ointment - Fox brush orchid or horn-flowered airplant, Aerides cornutum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586474: Aster variete - Smooth aster, Symphyotrichum laeve (Glaucous aster, Aster cyaneus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586531: Purple flowered aster variete - Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth aster, Aster laevis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586534: Conjunction Moon Venus, Saturn, Mars and Mercury - Moon Venus conjunction with Saturn, Mercury and Mars - The Moon in conjunction with Venus. Visible also the Mars planets, near the Pleiades cluster, Mercury, in the clouds near the horizon, and Saturn, above Orion, in the Gemeaux. 24 March 2004, Quimper Moon Venus conjunction. Also visible, Mercury near the horizon, in the clouds, Mars near the Pleiades star cluster, and Saturn in Gemini, above Orion constellation. March 24 2004 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586620: Orchid variete - Gennaria diphylla (Heart-leaved herminium, Herminium cordatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586003: Clock astronomical de Lyon - Astronomical clock in Lyon - France - Detail of the astrolabe. The time circle, the calendar (month in Latin and day of the week), the zodiac, the ecliptic, the lunar circle with the Moon in the last quarter. In the background, the map of the sky. The alidade indicates the time (here, 12.30 pm). The Sun slides over the alidade, indicating its height according to the seasons. Located in the Cathedrale Saint John, the clock dates back to 1379. Writing testifies to his presence in the cathedrale since 1383, making him one of the oldest astronomical clocks in Europe. It consists of a 1.80m square tower, surmounted by an octagonal turret presenting the automatons and a dome supporting a rooster. The whole peak is 9.35m high. The astronomical part consists of 3 parts: the astrolabe; below, the perpetual calendar, and on the right side, the minute dial. Astronomical clock - 16th century by Hugues Levet. Saint Jean Baptiste cathedral, Lyon, France. The Astrolab / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586054: Ploermel Astronomical Clock - 19th century - Back - Astronomical clock - 19th century - Ploermel - France - back - Astronomical clock built from 1850 to 1855 by the Frere Bernardin (1812 - 1876). Morbihan. Astronomical clock built from 1850 to 1855 by Bernardin Morin. Ploermel, Morbihan, France / Bridgeman Images