Aries and Musca Borealis - Historic Celestial Map by Sidney Hall #3638547 (License: Personal Use)

This hand-colored astronomical plate, Plate 16 from Sidney Hall’s *A New Atlas of the Heavens* (c. 1825), illustrates the zodiac constellation Aries in dynamic pose, its woolly body marked with star positions including α (Hamal), β (Sheratan), and γ (Mesarthim). Above it floats Musca Borealis-the “Northern Fly”-a short-lived constellation later absorbed into Aries; the insect is rendered with iridescent wings and labeled stars. Surrounding constellations such as Perseus, Triangulum, Andromeda, and Cetus frame the scene, with directional compass and Pleiades cluster noted.

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