Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars

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Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars is a 10th-century astronomical treatise that systematically revised and illustrated Ptolemy’s star catalog, becoming a foundational work in medieval Islamic and later European astronomy.

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instanceOf astronomical treatise
star catalogue
aim to refine and update Ptolemy's star catalogue
alsoKnownAs Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
surface form: Book of the Fixed Stars

Pictures of the Fixed Stars
approximateCompletionDate 964
author Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
basedOn Almagest
surface form: Ptolemy's Almagest
contains Arabic star names
Greek star names
constellation illustrations
descriptions of star colors
revised star positions
stellar magnitude estimates
countryOfOrigin Persia
dateWritten 10th century
describes constellation Andromeda
surface form: Andromeda constellation

Milky Way
Orion constellation
Ursa Major
surface form: Ursa Major constellation
earliestKnownDescriptionOf Andromeda Galaxy as a nebulous object
field medieval Islamic astronomy
follows Ptolemaic constellation system
genre scientific literature
hasManuscriptCopy Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bodleian Library
surface form: Bodleian Library, Oxford

Library of Ahmed III
surface form: Topkapi Palace Library
impact bridge between Greek and later European stellar catalogues
standard reference for star names in Islamic astronomy
includes corrections to Ptolemy's magnitudes
corrections to Ptolemy's star positions
naked-eye observations
influenced Renaissance astronomy
later Islamic star catalogues
medieval European astronomy
language Arabic
notableFor detailed constellation imagery
integration of Greek and Arabic astronomical traditions
systematic revision of Ptolemy's star catalogue
numberOfConstellationsDescribed 48
originalTitle Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita
period Islamic Golden Age
preservedIn numerous medieval manuscripts
subject astronomy
constellations
fixed stars
uses Ptolemaic magnitude scale
ecliptic coordinate system

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Islamic astronomy hasKeyText Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi notableWork Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
this entity surface form: The Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi originalTitle Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
this entity surface form: Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars originalTitle Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars alsoKnownAs Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
this entity surface form: Book of the Fixed Stars
Al-Farghani workTitle Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
this entity surface form: Compendium of the Science of the Stars