Book of the Fixed Stars

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomical treatise
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Kitāb Ṣuwar al-Kawākib al-Thābita
gptkbp:author gptkb:Abd_al-Rahman_al-Sufi
gptkbp:contains gptkb:star
constellation illustrations
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Adud_al-Dawla
gptkbp:describes magnitudes of stars
positions of stars
brightness of stars
constellation boundaries
gptkbp:genre scientific literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Book of the Fixed Stars
gptkbp:includes star charts
mythological information
gptkbp:influenced European astronomy
medieval Islamic astronomy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ptolemy's_Almagest
gptkbp:notableFor first known depiction of Andromeda Galaxy
descriptions of 48 constellations
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:preservedIn various manuscript copies
gptkbp:publicationYear 964
gptkbp:regionOfOrigin gptkb:Persia
gptkbp:significance major work in Islamic Golden Age science
gptkbp:subject gptkb:astronomy
fixed stars
gptkbp:usedBy astronomer
astrologers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:History_of_Science_and_Technology_in_Islam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8