Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 18 — The motion of the Moon

51 cm

70 cm

Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 18 — The motion of the Moon is a Northern Renaissance Engraving Print created by Andreas Cellarius in 1660. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Astronomy.

Representation of the Moon showing its motion in an eccentric orbit with epicycles.

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Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 18 — The motion of the Moon

Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 15 — Opposition and Conjunction of the Planets

Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 16 — Sun in Eccentric Orbit

Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 25 — Celestial and Terrestrial Hemispheres

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The Virgin and Child enthroned

A Foolish Virgin in Half-Figure

The Inferno, Canto 7

Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 9 — Brahe’s Altitudes of the Planets

Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 10 — The Sizes of the Celestial Bodies