The Collection

Quilled Spiral Moon

Quilled Spiral Moon

Artist-cartographer: Jennifer Grier Title: Spiral Moon Material, method: 1/4″ paper strips of 4 grey shades rolled into small circles, quilling Date: 2016 Size: 8″ On display: DPS/EPSC 2016, Pasadena, CA Awards: Little Circles 3RD Annual Quilling Contest, 2nd place More information on how it was created This quilled Moon is the work of lunar scientist – author – artist Jennifer Grier. […]
Hand-painted Globe of Io

Hand-painted Globe of Io

Artist-cartographer: Merc Boyan Date: 2016 On display: Planetary Society, Pasadena, California Method: Earth globe re-painted, using a virtual globe generated from actual images  
Orion Jupiter Map and Observer Guide

Orion Jupiter Map and Observer Guide

Publisher: Orion Telescopes and Binoculars Date: 2014 Copyright Orion Telescopes and Binoculars With full English Nomenclature Link  
Relief Dome of Enceladus with Active Plumes

Relief Dome of Enceladus with Active Plumes

Creative Director: Dan Goods Sculptor: Joby Harris Technical Integration: Shawn Jackson Fabricator: Fernando Escala at E Creative Group The Enceladus Half Dome exhibited at DPS/EPSC Pasadena, 2016. Description: a working 3D relief model of Enceladus, showing active water vapor geysers/plumes. Cartography: The model was sculpted as close to being topographically correct as possible. The cartographic base was […]
Carving Out the Face of the Moon

Carving Out the Face of the Moon

A relief map of a portion of the Moon / Artist’s book  Author: Jamie Molaro Material: PhD Thesis   The author’s comments: “This book is my PhD thesis, which focuses on the breakdown of boulders on the Moon due to diurnal thermally induced stresses, one of many processes that modifies and evolves the Moon’s landscape over time. […]
Whitaker’s map of the South Pole of the Moon (1954)

Whitaker’s map of the South Pole of the Moon (1954)

Courtesy of E. A. Whitaker. Manuscripts.
Scheiner’s map of the Moon (c. 1614)

Scheiner’s map of the Moon (c. 1614)

Drawing by Christoph Scheiner, 1614, Disquisitiones Mathematicae Features are lettered. Courtesy of E A Whitaker Below is the explanation of features (maculae = craters)
Rectified Lunar Atlas

Rectified Lunar Atlas

A manuscript page of the Atlas with an actual photograph
Globe of the Moon (Japan)

Globe of the Moon (Japan)

Miniature globe of the Moon Courtesy EA Whitaker
Montanari’s map of the Moon (1662)

Montanari’s map of the Moon (1662)

Courtesy of EA Whitaker
Mondkarte (Leipzig)

Mondkarte (Leipzig)

Courtesy EA Whitaker
Herschel’s map of Mars (1873)

Herschel’s map of Mars (1873)

  Herschel W 1784 On the Remarkable appearances at the polar regions of the planet Mars, the inclination of its axis, the position of its poles, and its spheroidal figure, with a few hints relating to its real diameter and atmosphere. Philosophical Transactions LXXIV Article XIX, 233-237. This is the first cartographic representation of Mars. […]