WORLD STAR CHART
Date1939
Inventory Number1998-1-1775
ClassificationChart
Subject
Publisher
United States Navy
founded 1775
Maker
U. S. Government, Department of the Navy, Bureau of Navigation
1862 - 1942
Cultural Region
Dimensions64.4 x 93.7 x 0.1 cm (25 3/8 x 36 7/8)
Material
DescriptionLarge paper star chart, printed in black and white, originally published by the Hydrographic Office of the US Navy in Dec 1908. This version was printed in November 1939.
The chart is labeled, "WORLD STAR CHART," and has a printed seal with eagle and shield in the upper left corner inscribed, "Hydrogographic Office / Of the United States Navy."
Centered at the bottom, "Published at the Hydrographic Office Washington, D.C. , Dec. 1908 / Under the Authority of the SECRETARY OF THE NAVY," "New Publication 6th Edition Nov. 1939"
The chart is labeled with a direction on each side, "NORTH / WEST / SOUTH / EAST"; on the top right is the label, "RIGHT ASCENSION OR SIDERAL TIME." Along the right side is a scale marked in degrees from 0 - 90, labeled at either end of the scale, "ALTITUDE / ZENITH" and "HORIZON." Above this is a table labeled, "Table 2 / Stars / R.A. / Dec."
On the lower left hand corner is a box labeled, "INSTRUCTIONS." The chart has a border labeled with degrees on the right and left sides and hours and minutes along the top and bottom. Along the bottom left is a key to interpreting star markings labeled, "Scale of Magnitudes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th."
Printed at the top left and bottom right corners of the chart, "Price 31 Cents / No. 2100"
The chart is labeled, "WORLD STAR CHART," and has a printed seal with eagle and shield in the upper left corner inscribed, "Hydrogographic Office / Of the United States Navy."
Centered at the bottom, "Published at the Hydrographic Office Washington, D.C. , Dec. 1908 / Under the Authority of the SECRETARY OF THE NAVY," "New Publication 6th Edition Nov. 1939"
The chart is labeled with a direction on each side, "NORTH / WEST / SOUTH / EAST"; on the top right is the label, "RIGHT ASCENSION OR SIDERAL TIME." Along the right side is a scale marked in degrees from 0 - 90, labeled at either end of the scale, "ALTITUDE / ZENITH" and "HORIZON." Above this is a table labeled, "Table 2 / Stars / R.A. / Dec."
On the lower left hand corner is a box labeled, "INSTRUCTIONS." The chart has a border labeled with degrees on the right and left sides and hours and minutes along the top and bottom. Along the bottom left is a key to interpreting star markings labeled, "Scale of Magnitudes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th."
Printed at the top left and bottom right corners of the chart, "Price 31 Cents / No. 2100"
Signedcentered at bottom: Published at the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., Under the Authority of the Secretary of the Navy
Inscribedchart titled: WORLD STAR CHART;
seal with eagle and shield: Hydrogographic Office / Of the United States Navy;
centered at the bottom: Published at the Hydrographic Office Washington, D.C. , Dec. 1908 / Under the Authority of the SECRETARY OF THE NAVY / New Publication 6th Edition Nov. 1939;
labled each side: NORTH / WEST / SOUTH / EAST;
on the top right: RIGHT ASCENSION OR SIDERAL TIME;
scale marked in degrees from 0 - 90, labeled at either end of the scale: ALTITUDE / ZENITH / HORIZON;
table labeled: Table 2 / Stars / R.A. / Dec.
lower left corner is a box labeled, "INSTRUCTIONS." The chart has a border labeled with degrees on the right and left sides and hours and minutes along the top and bottom. Along the bottom left is a key to interpreting star markings labeled, "Scale of Magnitudes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th."
Printed at the top left and bottom right corners of the chart, "Price 31 Cents / No. 2100"
George Grady Press
Date: after 1943
Object number: 1998-1-1689
Friez Instrument Division, Bendix Aviation Corporation
Date: circa 1956
Accessories: one used Taylor Instrument Companies paper chart and cardboard box; recording charts, Air Ministry, Meteorological Office, Form 4213, Barogram (18); one used "Self Recording Thermometer" chart. Richard Brothers Manu. PS Paris. "Blue-hill Meteorological Observatory"; one set of "Instructions for the Installation of Charts", Bendix Aviation Corporation, Friez Instrument Division, Baltimore 4, Maryland; Friez I.B. No. 165/Friez Part No. 509673-B
Object number: 1996-1-0190b
Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: circa 1980
Object number: 1998-1-1042
Nelson Taxel
Date: copyright 1973
Object number: 1991-5-0005
Harvard College Observatory
Date: circa 1931
Object number: 1996-1-0539