Bayer's Uranometria
Johann Bayer, 1603
$150
Print check at 12 x 18 in: 199 dpi, good. Trimmed 4.8% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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In 1603 Johann Bayer produced the first atlas to chart the entire celestial sphere — and in doing so gave the stars a naming system astronomers still use four centuries later, lettering each constellation's stars by brightness with the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma…). His engraved figures are among the most graceful ever drawn, the science and the art perfectly matched. Uranometria is where the modern map of the heavens truly begins — the foundation on which every star chart since has been built.
- Maker
- Johann Bayer
- Date
- 1603
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- Published Augsburg · Linda Hall Library
- Credit
- Published Augsburg · Linda Hall Library
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00951
| Picture | 12 x 18 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 13.6 x 19.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | 298 | Excellent | Trimmed 4.8% |
| 12 x 16 in | 209 | Excellent | Trimmed 6.6% |
| 12 x 18 in | 199 | Good | Trimmed 4.8% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 149 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 139 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 119 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 99 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 83 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 59 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,512 x 3,586 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 28, lights 193 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0.2% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 20.4
Shipping for this piece to a US address is $25.90, the print room’s own rate, charged per piece. Checkout shows the total before you pay.
Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.
A piece that arrives damaged, misprinted or in the wrong size is replaced at our cost. The details: shipping and returns and replacements.
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