Bayer, Johann. Lupus, 1603 American Paintings Views and Exploration His career was only ended

His career was only ended by the Franco Prussian War and the Siege of Paris

painted in 1840

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Born in New Haven

Bayer, Johann. Lupus, 1603 American Paintings Views and Exploration His career was only endedJohann Bayer Lupus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the