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Al Sufi Van Gent
Al Sufi Van Gent
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Ursa Minor
Ursa Major
Draco
Cepheus
Bootes
Corona Borealis
Hercules
Lyra
Cygnus
Cassiopeia
Perseus
Auriga
Ophiuchus
Serpens
Sagitta
Aquila (+Antinous)
Delphinus
Equuleus
Pegasus
Andromeda
Triangulum
Zodiacal constellations
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31.
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Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo (+ Coma Berenices)
Virgo
Libra
Scorpius
Sagittarius
Capricornus
Aquarius
Pisces
Cetus
Orion
Eridanus
Lepus
Canis Major
Canis Minor
Argo Navis
Hydra
Crater
Corvus
Centaurus
Lupus
Ara
Corona Australis
Piscis Austrinus
The constellation Andromeda with the Andromeda Spiral Nebula (Messier 31 = NGC 224)
Not mentioned in Ptolemys Almagest
The constellations
Centaurus and Lupus
The constellation Ursa Minor (star map and star table) in the Paris manuscript
Ab Yahy Zakariyy ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmd al-Qazwn (c. 1203 1283 CE)
Kitb Ajib al-Makhlqat wa Gharib wa al-Mawjdt [Marvels of Creatures and Rarities of the World]
Shihb al-Dn Ahmad ibn Mjid ibn Muhammad al-Sad (15/16th cent. CE)
Kitb al-Fawid f Marifad ilm al-Bahr wal -Qawid [Uses and Knowledge of Sea Science and Rules]
Islamic celestial globe, dated 674 AH [1275/76 CE] (London, British Museum)
Gotha, Forschungsbibliothek
M II 141
The constellation Andromeda in the Latin version of al-Sfs star atlas (Gotha, Forschungsbibliothek) and in
Ismael Boulliaus Ad astronomos monita duo (1667), copied from an anonymous manuscript dated 1428
The constellations Eridanus and Corona Australis in the Libro de las estrellas
de la ochava espera (Madrid, Universidad Complutense ms 156, c. 1276)