Map of the Heavens by Johann Bode: Vorstellung Der Gestirne (Presentation of the Stars), Plate V, Leo Major, Leo Minor & the Linx

A lion lounges below while a lynx leaps across the top like it has somewhere better to be.

This Map of the Heavens, Vorstellung Der Gestirne (Presentation of the Stars), Plate V, Leo Major, Leo Minor and the Lynx, is by Johann Bode, from Leipzig, Germany, dated 1782. It is hand colored engraving on paper. Bode's atlas was a standard reference of its era, mapping stars within the classical constellation figures. A small lion crouches at center, the great lion faint behind it. The lynx springs at upper right, the great bear lies in ghostly white, and the crab crowds a corner. It is 10 inches wide and 8 high.

Three cats, none of them sitting still.