To reduce distortion, celestial cartographers can make charts of sections of the sky. Norton's Star Atlas, which has gone through 18 editions since 1910, divided the sky into gores, like segments ...

Our star chart is designed to get you out learning the night sky within a matter of moments. Just set it for your time and location, make a few tweaks if you like for personal taste, and print it out.

A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E. But other researchers aren't convinced, ...

structured celestial map in the world. Utilizing advanced imaging techniques, researchers at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories determined that the star chart dates to approximately ...

Star Chart tells you what stars, constellations, planets, and other celestial objects are right in front of you. Click on any item and the app will also give you a full, detailed description of it.

A star chart carved ... showing the movement of celestial objects, one of which is the sun. According to Kazuhiko Miyajima, a professor at Doshisha University who studied the chart after the ...

The Nuremberg Sky: Dürer Star Maps of 1515 continues at Albrecht Dürer’s House (Albrecht-Dürer-Straße 39, Nuremberg, Germany) through December 20. We hope you enjoyed this article!