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2. Dunhuang Star Chart - Wikipedia

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   History. Chinese Dunhuang Star Atlas—one of the oldest extant star charts, believed to be from the 7th century, showing each of the lunar months and the north polar region with a total of 1345 stars in 257 constellations clearly marked and named. Early in 1900s (decade), a walled-up cave containing a cache of manuscripts was discovered by ...

3. Star chart - Wikipedia

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   Star chart. 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]

4. Celestial cartography - Wikipedia

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   Celestial cartography, [1] uranography, [2] [3] astrography or star cartography [citation needed] is the aspect of astronomy and branch of cartography concerned with mapping stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects on the celestial sphere. Measuring the position and light of charted objects requires a variety of instruments and techniques.

5. Chinese star maps - Wikipedia

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   Chinese star maps. Rubbing of the Suchow star chart. 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 ...

6. Category:Star maps - Wikipedia

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   Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Star maps" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This ...

7. Carte du Ciel - Wikipedia

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   The Sydney 'Star Camera' used in the Carte du Ciel project, original publication, 1892. The Carte du Ciel (French pronunciation: [kaʁt dy sjɛl]; literally, 'Map of the Sky') and the Astrographic Catalogue (or Astrographic Chart) were two distinct but connected components of a massive international astronomical project, initiated in the late 19th century, to catalogue and map the positions of ...