Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi was a 10th-century Persian astronomer renowned for his detailed star catalogues and early descriptions of celestial objects in the Islamic Golden Age.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Islamic Golden Age scholar
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Persian astronomer ⓘ astronomer ⓘ medieval scientist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Abu al-Husayn Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Sufi
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Azophi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Rayy, Persia
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Rey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 903 ⓘ |
| century | 10th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | translation of Greek astronomy into Arabic tradition ⓘ |
| deathYear | 986 ⓘ |
| described | 48 Ptolemaic constellations ⓘ |
| employedBy | Buyid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrometry
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astronomy ⓘ celestial cartography ⓘ |
| fullName | Abd al-Rahman Abu al-Husayn al-Sufi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAstronomicalObjectNamedAfter |
12621 Alsufi (asteroid)
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Azophi (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | Arabic star names into astronomical literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
descriptions of constellations
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detailed star catalogues ⓘ early description of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ early description of the Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ stellar magnitudes measurements ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy |
influenced European medieval astronomy through translations
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influenced later Islamic astronomers ⓘ |
| made |
independent magnitude estimates for stars
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systematic corrections to Ptolemy’s star positions ⓘ |
| name | Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Book of Fixed Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | court astronomer ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfNotableWork | Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita GENERATED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Fars
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Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Isfahan
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Shiraz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedCoordinateSystem |
ecliptic coordinates
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equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | Almagest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedFor | Adud al-Dawla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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