Purple Mountain Observatory

Purple Mountain Observatory
Nanjing, Jiangsu, PRC

12. Celestial Globe

A bronze astronomical instruments showing various coordinates of the celestial sphere, the apparent movements of celestial bodies and the position of bright stars. It was made in 1905, by the end of the Qing Dynasty. On it 1,449 stars are shown.

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