Globe#Celestial

A celestial globe (Latin globe coelestis ) is the representation of the night sky in an apparent celestial sphere. It shows the location of the fixed stars and the constellations in undistorted, but a mirror-image situation, because the observer looks from the outside on the globe. In celestial globes of heaven from the outside is shown on the sphere. The viewer has to " empathize " in the world, to see the sky properly.

Two advantages of the celestial globes were critical to its former importance:

The terrestrial and celestial globes have emerged in the ancient world - Claudius Ptolemy authored such as guidance. Towards the end of the 10th century, Gerbert of Aurillac describes in a letter the production of a celestial globe. In the late Middle Ages, globes prevailed in many areas. Later, emphasis was also placed on their artistic creation, and numerous court astronomer who performed for their clients special designs. Some of them are equipped with a drive in the form of a Tellurium, such as a closely -made double copy of Peter Anich from the 18th century. One of the first famous specimens from the time of discovery was completed by Martin Behaim in 1492 - based on a global map of Paolo Toscanelli. Unique is the combination of terrestrial and celestial globe 's family from the 16th century St. Gallen globe, which today is located in the Swiss National Museum. One of the largest collections in Europe Globe has the Austrian National Library, more collections can be found at many major museums and in private collections.

In commerce there are besides globes of the sky and the earth and those of the moon, Mars and Venus.

The Gottorfer giant globe represents the outside world is the sphere, inside he harbors a planetarium, the starry sky and the sun's path, including its movements shows as they are seen from Earth.