Solar System Size:large This is a bright 22°

This is a bright 22° lunar halo

that reflects the geometry of the very detailed

at ‘XII’

a sailing student

) De Bougainville was a French Naval Officer during the early 19th century - the sketches he made are held in the National Maritime Museum Collection

Solar System Size:large This is a bright 22°A print of a coloured cotton wall hanging, showing the solar system with the planetary orbits, including Neptune, discovered in 1846, and that of two comets. A line and several small dots indicate the various asteroids, or minor planets, between Mars and Jupiter. Each planet is shown with the moons that had been discovered to date. One of nine wall hangings, all on astronomical themes, that were among many produced by the Working Men's Educational