al-Sufi, Abu al-Rahman (903-86)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3411. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Persian astronomer, published works on astronomical instruments. Revised PTOLEMY's star catalog as the Book of the Constellations of the Fixed Stars, with improved magnitudes, stars named by reference to constellation figures (much copied, for example by ALFONSO X as Libros del Saber de Astronomìa), and nebulae, including the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). However, the work was not entirely original sin...

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