The Sea-Goat — a goat with the tail of a fish — one of the oldest and oddest figures in the sky, born when the god Pan leapt into a river to escape a monster and was transformed half-and-half in his panic. Here the Sun once stood at the winter solstice, the year's turning point. (For those born about December 22 – January 19.)

Maker: Johann Bayer
Date: 1655 edition of 1603
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: David Rumsey Map Collection · via Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons
Credit: David Rumsey Map Collection · via Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00963

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 18 in
Outside size	25.6 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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
10 x 8 in	342	Excellent	Trimmed 6.8%
14 x 11 in	248	Excellent	Trimmed 5.1%
16 x 12 in	228	Excellent	Trimmed 0.6%
20 x 16 in	171	Good	Trimmed 6.8%
24 x 18 in	152	Good	Trimmed 0.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 24 in	114 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
40 x 30 in	91 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	76 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 3,670 x 2,737 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 131, lights 235 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 174.04