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 Book of the Fixed Stars ⓘ
Pictures of the Fixed Stars ⓘ
approximateCompletionDate 964 ⓘ
author Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ⓘ
basedOn Ptolemy's Almagest ⓘ
linked to: 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 Andromeda constellation ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
Orion constellation ⓘ
Ursa Major constellation ⓘ
linked to: Ursa Major
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, Oxford ⓘ
linked to: Bodleian Library

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 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 → The Book of Fixed Stars ⓘ
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi → originalTitle → Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita ⓘ
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars → originalTitle → Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita ⓘ
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars → alsoKnownAs → Book of the Fixed Stars ⓘ
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Farghani → workTitle → Compendium of the Science of the Stars ⓘ
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi → notableWork → Book of Fixed Stars ⓘ
subject linked to: Azophi
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi → notableWork → Book of Fixed Stars ⓘ
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi → originalTitleOfNotableWork → Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita ⓘ
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Pictures of the Fixed Stars → hasAlternativeName → Book of Fixed Stars ⓘ
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Pictures of the Fixed Stars → hasAlternativeName → Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita ⓘ
linked to: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars