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An engraved star-atlas plate of Hercules on a deep blue ground, with a fine coordinate grid, a chequered border and Rasalgethi picked out in gold.
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Rasalgethi

No. 38 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeAn engraved star-atlas plate of Hercules on a deep blue ground, with a fine coordinate grid, a chequered border and Rasalgethi picked out in gold.

What it meansFrom ras al-jathi, 'the head of the kneeling one', the Arabic name for the figure we call Hercules. It sits close to Rasalhague, the two heads almost touching.

Where it worksHangs well beside Rasalhague, the two heads side by side.

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