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A celestial map by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit, 1670. A star chart is a celestial map of the night sky with astronomical objects laid out on a grid system. They are used to identify and locate constellations, stars, nebulae, galaxies, and planets. [1] They have been used for human navigation since time immemorial. [2]
The atlas includes three new (but now-obsolete) constellations invented by Jamieson: Noctua, Norma Nilotica, and Solarium. Two celestial hemispheres of the atlas are centered on the equatorial poles via polar projection and geocentric alignment. [1] The atlas comprises stars visible only to the naked eye, making it less cluttered. [1]
Collection of rare star atlases, charts, and maps Archived 2018-03-25 at the Wayback Machine available in full digital facsimile at Linda Hall Library. Navigable online map of the stars, Stellarmap.com. The Digital Collections of the Linda Hall Library include: "Astronomy: Star Atlases, Charts, and Maps", a collection of more than 60 star atlas ...
Animated 3D map of the nearest stars, centered on the Sun. 3D red green glasses are recommended to view this image correctly. A radar map of the distances ( ) and positions ( ) of all known stellar bodies or systems within 9 light years (ly) (for within 12 ly see this map).
c. 300 BC — star catalog of Timocharis of Alexandria; c. 134 BC — Hipparchus makes a detailed star map; c. 150 — Ptolemy completes his Almagest, which contains a catalog of stars, observations of planetary motions, and treatises on geometry and cosmology; c. 705 — Dunhuang Star Chart, a manuscript star chart from the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang
Print/export Download as PDF ... Traditional Chinese star maps incorporated 23 new constellations with 125 stars of the southern hemisphere of the sky based on the ...
Uranometria 's page of the constellation Orion. Uranometria is a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.It was published in Augsburg in 1603 by Christoph Mang (Christophorus Mangus) [1] under the full title Uranometria: omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa (from Latin: Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new ...
Equatorial stars of the eastern hemisphere. The equatorial region of the celestial sphere's eastern hemisphere includes 17 navigational stars from Alpheratz in the constellation Andromeda to Denebola in Leo. It also includes stars from the constellations Cetus, Aries, Taurus, Orion, Canis Major and Minor, Gemini, and Hydra.
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