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Chinese star maps (Chinese: s 星 图, t 星 圖, xīngtú) are usually directional or graphical representations of Chinese astronomical alignments. Throughout the history of China, numerous star maps have been recorded. This page is intended to list or show the best available version of each star map. Star catalogs are also listed. For ...
KSTAR Homepage(eng) Comparison between the KSTAR and the ITER; KSTAR Project Status PDF (undated – seems to be 2001. Includes slide-13 construction schedule to end 2004 and slide-16 operation from 2005 with upgrade planned 2010–11.) KSTAR Assembly Status, October 2006 PDF; Status and Result of the KSTAR Upgrade for the 2010s Campaign
The oldest extant Chinese star maps date to the Tang dynasty. Notable among them are the 8th-century Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era and Dunhuang Star Chart. It contains collections of earlier Chinese astronomers (Shi Shen, Gan De and Wu Xian) as well as of Indian astronomy (which had reached China in the early centuries AD).
The whole set of star maps contained 1,300 stars. The Dunhuang map or Dunhuang Star map is one of the first known graphical representations of stars from ancient Chinese astronomy, dated to the Tang dynasty (618–907). Before this map, much of the star information mentioned in historical Chinese texts had been questioned. [2]
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Astronomy in China has a long history stretching from the Shang dynasty, being refined over a period of more than 3,000 years. The ancient Chinese people have identified stars from 1300 BCE, as Chinese star names later categorized in the twenty-eight mansions have been found on oracle bones unearthed at Anyang , dating back to the mid-Shang ...