Al-Sufi

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Islamic Golden Age scientist Persian astronomer astronomer medieval scholar person

Al-Sufi was a renowned 10th-century Persian astronomer and scholar best known for his influential star catalog and detailed descriptions of constellations in "The Book of Fixed Stars."

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Label Occurrences
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi 3
Al-Sufi canonical 2
Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Sufi 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic Golden Age scientist ⓘ
Persian astronomer ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
medieval scholar ⓘ
person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Al-Sufi ⓘ
surface form: Abu al-Husayn Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Sufi

Azophi ⓘ
birthDate 903 ⓘ
cataloged fixed stars ⓘ
century 10th century ⓘ
contributedTo Islamic astronomy ⓘ
corrected star positions from the Almagest ⓘ
deathDate 986 ⓘ
described Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
surface form: Large Magellanic Cloud as a nebulous patch (for southern observers)

positions of stars in constellations ⓘ
employer Buyid dynasty ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
estimated stellar brightness by naked-eye observations ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
field astrology ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
fullName Al-Sufi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Sufi
genre astronomical catalog ⓘ
honoredBy lunar crater Azophi ⓘ
improved stellar magnitude estimates ⓘ
influence later European astronomy ⓘ
medieval Islamic astronomy ⓘ
influencedBy Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy
knownFor detailed descriptions of constellations ⓘ
star catalog ⓘ
systematic revision of Ptolemy's star list ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legacy standard reference for constellations in Islamic world ⓘ
method combined Greek and Arab star lore ⓘ
name Al-Sufi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
notableWork Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars ⓘ
surface form: The Book of Fixed Stars
occupation court astronomer ⓘ
originalTitle Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars ⓘ
surface form: Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita
placeOfActivity Isfahan ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
provided star charts with constellation figures ⓘ
recognized Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: Andromeda Galaxy as a nebulous object
region Iran ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
usedCoordinateSystem ecliptic coordinates ⓘ
equatorial coordinates ⓘ
workBasedOn Almagest ⓘ
workLanguage Arabic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic Golden Age → notableScholar → Al-Sufi ⓘ
Andromeda Galaxy → firstRecordedBy → Al-Sufi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Al-Sufi ⓘ
Al-Sufi → name → Al-Sufi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Al-Sufi → fullName → Al-Sufi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Sufi
Al-Sufi → alsoKnownAs → Al-Sufi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu al-Husayn Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Sufi
NGC 224 → discoveredBy → Al-Sufi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi