Monoceros, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code DCA_116967 Original: collodion print

Original: collodion print

designed by Robert Mylne

and London Wall

while Behra's race ended on lap 10 with mechanical trouble

Monoceros, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code DCA_116967 Original: collodion printThe constellation Monoceros (the unicorn), with Canis Minor, Canis major, Orion (the hunter) and Lepus (the hare). Map 13 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: