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  2. Dunhuang Star Chart - Wikipedia

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    This map was made around the year 700, [1] around the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (705-710). Constellations of the three schools were distinguished with different colors: white, black and yellow for stars of Wu Xian, Gan De and Shi Shen respectively. The whole set of star maps contained 1,300 stars

  3. Star chart - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Constellation - Wikipedia

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    A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. [1] The first constellations were likely defined in prehistory. People used them to relate stories of their beliefs, experiences, creation, and ...

  5. Chinese star maps - Wikipedia

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    Korean Star Map Stone: c. 17th century-- Korean Star Map: c. 17th century-- Ceramic Ink Sink Cover: c. 17th century: Showing Big Dipper [40] Korean Star Map Cube 方星圖: Philippus Maria Grimardi: c. early 18th century-- Star Chart preserved in Japan based on a book from China 天経或問: You Ziliu 游子六: 1730: A Northern Sky Chart in ...

  6. Celestial cartography - Wikipedia

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    Star Maps from Ian Ridpath's Star Tales website. The Mag-7 Star Atlas Project; Historical Celestial Atlases on the Web; Felice Stoppa's ATLAS COELESTIS, an extensive collection of 51 star maps and other astronomy related books stored as a multitude of images. Monthly star maps for every location on Earth Archived 2007-09-13 at the Wayback Machine

  7. Chinese astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The Dunhuang map from the Tang dynasty ( schools were distinguished with different colors: white, black, and yellow for the stars of Wu Xian, Gan De, and Shi Shen respectively. The whole set of star maps contain 1,300 stars. Astronomy in China has a long history stretching from the Shang dynasty, being refined over a period of more than 3,000 ...

  8. Lists of stars by constellation - Wikipedia

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    All stars but one can be associated with an IAU (International Astronomical Union) constellation. IAU constellations are areas of the sky. Although there are only 88 IAU constellations, the sky is actually divided into 89 irregularly shaped boxes as the constellation Serpens is split into two separate sections, Serpens Caput (the snake's head) to the west and Serpens Cauda (the snake's tail ...

  9. Uranometria - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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