Uranometria

Also known as Uranometria: omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa

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Instance of: star atlas
Author: Johann Bayer
Image: Uranometria titlepage.jpg

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Commons category: Uranometria
publication date: 1603-00-00
copyright status: public domain
language of work or name: Latin
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections

Contents

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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