Stargazing the southern skies [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 5849152
- Format:
- Picture
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- [Melbourne] : Australia Post, 2009
- 1 poster : col. ; 84 x 60 cm.
- Summary:
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Colour lithographic poster advertising a set of three stamps and associated products issued to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. This issue highlights the beauty of astronomical objects revealed through the art of astrophotography, and it celebrates a science that has had an enormous impact on culture and society worldwide. The miniature sheet conceptually anchors the three stamps. It shows the dome of the Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring, NSW, backed by star trails around the south celestial pole. The two galaxy images of Sombrero Galaxy M104 and Spiral Galaxy M83 which are used in the stamp designs were taken from this telescope, while the nebula image, of Reflection Nebula M78, was taken from a backyard observatory in Yass. Across the top of the poster are images of the three stamps and below these is an image of the postal and numismatic cover. The poster background is of a maroon coloured astrophotograph.
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- Australia Post
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- Until 2059 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Artistic
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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