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Louise Leonard’s Mars Drawings (1903-05)

Louise Leonard’s Mars Drawings (1903-05)

These are probably the first drawings of Mars by a woman astronomer. They were drawn by Wrexie Louise Leonard, the assistant of Percival Lowell, at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ. References: W. Louise Leonard: Drawings of Mars. Popular Astronomy, 1907 (147), XV/7. 387-390. Jan Millsapps: Wrexie Louise Leonard: Take a Letter, Take a Look. […]
Clark R. Chapman’s maps of Mars

Clark R. Chapman’s maps of Mars

  The Strolling Astronomer, 1961 (1-2) Drawing, made with a 10-inch reflector, 1960. Source   Chapman’s 1960-61 map of Mars.  Photo source “The map of Mars was constructed by Clark R. Chapman and based on 60 of his drawings during the 1960-61 apparition of Mars. The drawings were made primarily with his 10-inch reflector between […]
Marte by Giovanni Giovannozzi (1890)

Marte by Giovanni Giovannozzi (1890)

1890 Giovanni Giovannozzi Personal letter to Schiaparelli Oct 8, 1890, Item CCXXX in Corrispondenza su Marte di GV Schiaparelli, Vol II, Pisa Domus Galileana, 1976
The Copenhagen drawing of Mars (1911)

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

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)  

Focas’ drawing of Mars 1958

Drawing by J. H. FOcas, Pic du Midi, 1958 Jean-Henri Focas Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off planets at the Pic du Midi. In: Planets and Satellites, GP Kuiper and B Middlehurst, eds. Chicago Univ Press 543-571.

Pic du Midi drawings and map of Mercury

Upper row: 1942, Lyot – 25 drawings, 36 inch refractor, 300-500x magnification. Lower row: 1950, A Dollfus, 60-inch refractor, 750-900x magnification Lyot and Camichel, 1942:  Map from 12 composites. 23 markings were measured. Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off planets at the Pic du Midi. In: Planets and Satellites, GP Kuiper and B […]

Comparative infographics

The giant volcano Olympus and some terrestrial volcanoes. Source: В. Н. Губин Дистанционные методы в геологии. Курс лекций. МИНСК БГУ 2004.   Иллюстрации из наглядного пособия А. А. Михайлова «Луна — ближайшее к нам небесное светило» (М.: Гос. изд — во культурно — просветительной литературы, 1946): относительные размеры Луны и Земли, проекция Луны на земную поверхность и карта Луны. […]
Hell’s Moon Drawing

Hell’s Moon Drawing

Cartographer: Hell, Miksa (1720-1792), 1764 Courtesy of EA Whitaker
Ulloa’s map of the Moon

Ulloa’s map of the Moon

Selenographia de la Luna – Juan Y Ulloa Observaciones astronómicas y phisicas hechas de orden de Su Majestad en los reinos del Perú. Madrid, 1748. Courtesy EA Whitaker
Near Side of the Moon (2015)

Near Side of the Moon (2015)

Book Illustration for Ian McDonald: Luna: New Moon, published by Tom Doherty Associates. Date: 2015 Illustrator: Dave Senior (c)
Schröter’s Drawing of Venus (1791)

Schröter’s Drawing of Venus (1791)

Date: 1789-91 Source: Fred William Price The planet observer’s handbook p. 119