PIX4568549: Open cluster NGC 6939 and galaxy NGC 6946 - Spiral galaxy NGC 6946 and open cluster NGC 6939 - The spiral galaxy NGC 6946 is located about 10 million years ago - light in Cephee. Many star formations are observed here. The cluster of stars NGC 6939, on the right, belongs to our galaxy. Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946 and Open Cluster NGC 6939 are located about 2 degrees southwest of Eta Cepheus. 6946 is a 9.7 magnitude spiral galaxy that was discovered by William Herschel on September 9, 1798 and is about 10 arc minutes in diameter. It is a relatively close galaxy at a distance of about 10 million light years, and was once suspected by Edwin Hubble of being a member of the Local Group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way, but today it is not believed to be a member. Because we are looking at it through the plane of our own galaxy, it is highly obscured by dust. NGC 6946 is sometimes called the Fireworks galaxy because of the number of supernovae that have been discovered there and the galaxy's prodigious rate of star formation. By contrast, open cluster NGC 6939, seen about 40 arc minutes northwest of NGC 6946, is located inside of our own galaxy at a distance of approximately 36 light years. It is just by coincidence that these two objects lie close to each other in the same line of sight / Bridgeman Images
FLO4567930: Renee bisorte. 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. Bistort or snakeweed, Polygonum bistorta. 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
FLO4568093: Common heather. 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. Common heather or ling, Calluna vulgaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Charles Mathews 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
FLO4570181: Yellow paving branch, with fruits (chestnuts) and flowers Yellow flowers, leaves, fruit, chestnut of the Large buckeye tree, Pavia lutea. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa, engraved on copper by Gabriel, from Francois Andre Michaux's “” North American Sylva,”” Philadelphia, 1857. English botanist Michaux (1770-1855) explored America and Canada in 1785 cataloging its native trees. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570229: Jean de Montaigu, Vidame du Laonnais, Superintendent of Finance to King Charles V and VI, 1363-1409. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a sculpture in the chapel of Chateau de Marcoussy in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio V 64 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
FLO4570244: John I, Count of La Marche, Jean de Bourbon, Comte de Vendome 1344-1393. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a stainless-glass window in the chapel of Vendome, Chartres Cathedral, in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio V 33 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
PIX4570319: Core of Comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenkovu by the Rosetta probe - Comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko nucleus seen by Rosetta - Image of the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko seen on 19 September 2014 by the Rosetta probe at a distance of 28.6 km. Four - image NAVCAM mosaic of Comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko, using images taken on 19 September 2014 when Rosetta was 28.6 km from the comet / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570388: John I, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon, Earl of Clermont and Auvergne, 1381-1434. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after an Armorial of Auvergne in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VI 19 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
FLO4570437: Ferri de Clugny, Cardinal and Bishop of Tournay, d. 1482. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a contemporary painting in Camille Bonnard XI 55 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
FLO4568595: Portrait of actress Elizabeth Hartley (1750-1824) in the role of Hermione in William Shakespeare's Winter Tale (1564-1616). She performed this role in 1774 and was described as the most refined figer on the London scene. Drawing by James Roberts, engraving published in “” Bell's Shakespeare””, John Bell, 1775, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568627: Portrait of actress Mary Ann Yates, in the role of Isabella, for William Shakespeare's piece Measure for Measure (1564-1616). Yates started on the London scene in 1754 in “Virginia” at Drury Lane. Engraving, drawn by James Roberts, in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London, England, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568646: Portrait of actor Robert Bensley in the role of Lago, for the play Othello by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Bensley played the role for the first time in 1771 at Covent Garden, London (England) and played more than fifty roles during his 31 years of career, but he was not considered a great actor. Engraving, drawn by James Roberts, in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London, England, 1775. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568736: 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 are a reflection nebula associated with a cluster of young stars. The cluster itself is a group of many hundreds of stars about 400 light years from Earth in the northern constellation of Taurus.Seven of the brightest stars are quite easy to see with the unaided eye.The nebulosity seen here is light reflected from the particles in a cloud of cold gas and dust into which the cluster has drifted. It appears blue because these tiny interstellar particles scatter blue light more efficiently than the longer wavelengths of red light and it is streaky because of the distribution of dust particles in space / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568743: Portrait of actress Elizabeth Hartley (1750-1824), in the role of Hermione, in William Shakespeare's play Tale d'hiver (1564-1616). E.Hartley performed this role in Covent Garden, London (England) in 1774, and was critically acclaimed. Engraving published by Fielding and Walker, London, England, 1780. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568790: Pleiades open cluster - The Pleiades star cluster - The Pleiades star cluster (M45) contains about 500 stars formed 100 million years ago. It is located 440 light years from Earth, in the constellation Taurus. M45 is an open cluster dominated by hot blue stars formed within the last 100 million years. It is located in the constellation of Taurus at about 440 light - years from Earth / Bridgeman Images
TEC4568793: The Los Angeles periphery with Mount Cahuenga in the background above Hollywood (California, USA). In the background, the Hollywood sign was a historic monument. Visible has miles from many points of Los Angeles, it is not accessible to the general public. Built in 1923, the letters are 23 metres high and at that time advertised a real estate program. / Bridgeman Images