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Uranometria
Sign in to saveAlso known as Uranometria: omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Charts
- Star catalogue
- Title page engraving
- See also
- References
- External links
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'''' is a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer. It was published in Augsburg in 1603 by Christoph Mang (Christophorus Mangus) under the full title '' (from Latin: Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new method and engraved on copper plates''). The word "uranometria", , literally translates to "measuring the heavens".
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