Map of Jupiter (1913)

Karta Luny (Shishakov and Bronshten 1967)

Map of the Moon: the nearside in telescopic view. 1967 1:5M cartographer I. I. Katyaev, ed. V. A. Bronshten in transverse (equatorial) orthographic projection on the basis of the Photographic atlas of the Moon by Kuiper (1960) and the catalogue (Blagg and Muller 1935). Description of lunar surface compiled by Shishakov V.A. (Contributor: Zh. Rodionova) Source […]

Map of Jupiter (1913)

Source: Camille Flammarion Annuaire Astronomique pour 1913. (vol 49). Paris, Librarie Ernest Flammarion. Courtesy of I. Almar

The Copenhagen drawing of Mars (1911)

Authors: MM. C. Luplau-Janssen and E. Buch-Andersen Observatory of Copenhagen. Source: Camille Flammarion Annuaire Astronomique pour 1913. (vol 49). Paris, Librarie Ernest Flammarion. Courtesy of I. Almar

Barabashev’s drawing of Mars

Reproduced in Kulin-Zerinváry: A távcső világa. Budapest, 1958. Courtesy of I. Almar ” In the 1920-1926 yrs. with the help of a 270-millimeter reflector NP Barabashov conducted a large number of visual observations of Mars in different spectral ranges, the result of which was the compilation of a map of the planet’s surface.” (Wikipedia, Russian version)

Karte des Mondes

In: Karl Wilhelm Valentiner, 1881, Astronomische Bilder, Leipzig Author unknown.

Kulin’s Map of the Moon

Nomenclature: latin In: Kulin György: A távcső világa. Királyi Magyar Természettudományi Társulat (Budapest), 1941 Supplement to the 1941 edition. Not included in later editions. Title: Map of the Moon, “after Braun” (?) With index of names. Kulin-Zerinváry, A távcső világa, 1958 edition. Without index. Notes on the possibility on life on the Moon, page […]

Cholnoky’s map of the Moon (193?)

In: Cholnoky Jenő: A csillagok világa. Franklin társulat. 92. ábra p 189 [193?] “Ezt a Hold-térképet, amelyet nagyon alapos és mélyreható tanulmányozás után készítettem, egyik most készülő művemben is felhasználom.” (Polgár Géza 1942: Örök fiatalok, akik látták a múltat. Dr. Vajna és Bokor, Budapest p110) Pencil drawing with hand-written labels. Nomenlcature in Hungarian. North-up. ca. 18×18 […]

Temperature map of the Moon

Source: Zerinváry Szilárd: A Naprendszer élete. Művelt Nép Könyvkiadó, 1953, Budapest Origin of the map unknown. Caption: Temperature values on the Moon in the Sun-facing hemisphere.

Maunder’s test map of Mars (1903)

Drawn by: Edward Walter Maunder Evans, J. E. & Maunder, E. W.: Experiments as to the actuality of the “Canals” observed on Mars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 63, p.488-499. June 1903 This experiment was to test the real existence of canals on Mars. “Drawing 6*25 inches based upon one by Professor Schiaparelli made […]

Lukács’s Copy of Lowell’s Map of the Polar cap of Mars (1904)

A Mars és a Föld összehasonlító topográfiája. Comparative topography of Mars and Earth. Lukács Károly 1904. Manuscript. Pencil and ink A copy of another map, with signature “R de M” (?) Lukács Károly: A sarki hósüvegek változásai a Marson és a Földön. Földrajzi Közlemények 1904. február, 11. füzet. 41-72 Original: Map of the South Pole […]

Lukács’ map of Mars (1904)

A Mars és a Föld összehasonlító topográfiája (Comparative topography of Mars and Earth, in Hungarian). Drawn by: Lukács Károly 1904 Pencil and black ink. Ca. 20×25 cm Unpubl. manuscript. Based on Flammarion and Antoniadi’s map but with somewhat more details and few more names. References Lukács Károly: A sarki hósüvegek változásai a Marson és a […]

2017 in Review 1: New Planetary Web Mapping Servers

2017 brought a boom in planetary online WMS services. We show you which new service can do what. The new Google map Google worked closely with NASA the next corner in Silicon Valley to prepare the highest, 5m/px resolution global photomosaic of Mars in 2012 that even researchers used for browsing Mars, only available […]