Artline Starship Earth II 16-inch Diam. Floor Globe

Take a ride on a virtual space shuttle through the Artline Starship Earth II 16-inch Diam. Floor Globe. This extensively detailed celestial globe will help you explore the universe from the comfort of your own home. The large transparent acrylic sphere perches atop a clear tripod base, which puts the globe at the perfect height for viewing and lets you see the small blue Earth contained within. A fully adjustable horizon ring surrounding the Earth lets you orient yourself to the night sky for more realistic explorations, making it easy to understand more about the rising and setting of the sun, how the seasons change, and how the sky looks from any location on the planet. In addition, this whole set-up combined creates a beautiful piece of modern art.

This 3D star atlas maps out everything in the night sky that you could see with the unaided eye, and is a great companion to your telescope, too. All details are accurately hand silk-screened on the sphere's interior surface for long-lasting protection. This globe displays updated and improved data from Sky Catalogue 2000.0, including all 88 constellations and more than 1,100 naked-eye stars. Even deep-sky objects are keyed to type and easy to locate against the precision grid of right ascension and declination lines. The Milky Way and Magellanic clouds are displayed in wispy translucent blue.

All the information you need to locate your favorite stars is available. Stars are identified by name, Greek letter, designations, brightness (from first to fifth magnitude), and distance from the Earth in light years. The outer sphere also points out the astral equivalents used to locate stars. You can even go back in time or take a trip around the world: three easy steps let you reproduce the Earth, sun, and star movements for any time, date, and location in the world. This globe comes with a 48-page instruction book written by astronomer George Lovi and a Certificate of Authenticity signed and dated by the artisan who hand-crafted your model of Earth in space.

About Artline
Every Artline globe is a work of art. Hand-fashioned in the USA by skilled artisans, the remarkable products combine lasting beauty, state-of-the-art technology, and the most accurate, up-to-date cartographic information. They progress through more than 40 intricate steps, achieving unsurpassed quality and offering you a new and contemporary way to see the world. In Artline Globes, you will find a source of fascinating discovery for years to come. These globes are backed by a lifetime guarantee of quality and craftsmanship.