Presentation of changes in the legend of celestial globes using virtual 3D models - technical report (2018)
Krisztina Oláh (Author)
Mátyás Gede (Author)
e-Perimetron: International Web Journal on Sciences and Technologies Affined to History of Cartography and Maps
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Pages: 101-111
Researching star charts and celestial globes is not a simple project: only few of the published maps and globes subsist, and they are scattered throughout the world. For this reason, their comparative analysis is almost unimaginable without the reproduction digital technology. The representation of the star maps and celestial globes has a complex and dual nature. On the one hand, we can speak about depicting the stars and then the deep-sky objects, while on the other hand, the representation of the constellation they have formed, or rather the constellation that includes them. In this article, we provide a research report about the process of working on digital globes of international collections to try to draw conclusions about changes in the legend of celestial globes. We are looking for answers to the questions of whether an exact time of switching between the eccentric and geocentric representation modes can be determined. We will try to figure out how the representation of constellations evolved, and try to find contexts about how each style of representation refers to the particular creators. Research has not been completed, given that many questions cannot be answered satisfactorily and professionally. With this article, we would like to draw the attention of curators of collections that the digitization and service of globes – albeit not an easy task – are a necessary and a single opportunity to explore and search celestial globes around the world.
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