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While searching for Orion or the Great Dipper, it’s easy to forget that these constellations are just the arbitrary visions of astronomers drawing with stars. While Ptolemy referred to mythology for ...

SOMEWHERE, the spirit of Johann Elert Bode is smiling. Bode was a German astronomer who popularised a mathematical rule, which came to be known as Bode's law, in a book published in 1772. According to ...

The spiral galaxy known as Messier 81 (M81) has a rosy tint in this June 1, 2007, composite image that incorporates data from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, and NASA's Galaxy Evolution ...

In 1766, Johann Daniel Titius of Wittenberg discovered a numerical progression that roughly matched the orbital distances of the known planets — Mercury through Saturn. In 1772, Johann Elert Bode of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826) served ...

“I found through the 7-foot telescope, closely above of UMa (Ursa Major), east near the star d at its ear, two small nebulous patches …” Johann Elert Bode, 1774. This month we feature the Cigar Galaxy ...

Located in the constellation Ursa Major lies Bode’s galaxy, a spiral galaxy discovered by Johann Elert Bode. The galaxy is 11.8 million light-years from the Earth and it features a near exceptionally ...

Contributions: He is credited with the discovery of Bode's Galaxy (M81). Comet Bode (C/1779 A1) is named after him; its orbit was calculated by Erik Prosperin. Your ...