History & Science
Giuseppe Piazzi T-shirt
The Giuseppe Piazzi T-shirt is a Honeyman Tees print-on-demand tee from the History & Science collection. The design shows Giuseppe Piazzi in a black cassock, pointing up at a small gray rock in the sky beside a brass telescope on a tripod, saying “Found a planet on New Year's Day. It got demoted.” Available on Etsy.
“Found a planet on New Year's Day. It got demoted.”
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About this design
A black cassock, a brass telescope and a small gray rock overhead.
The story behind it
On the night of January 1, 1801, at the observatory in Palermo, Sicily, the priest and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi spotted a faint new object moving across the stars. It was hailed as a new planet, later reclassified as an asteroid, and in 2006 it was reclassified once more.
Proposed colors: Natural
Mockups show the print at true scale on a size M tee. Colors are proposed, not final.
Where to buy
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