Star atlases Star atlases The Aladin Sky Atlas is a Java-based star atlas for astromers. Unlike most other astronomy software such as Starry Nights, Distant Suns or Celestia, the Aladin Sky Atlas retrives unretouched photographs of stars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aladin Sky Atlas"
Poeticon astronomicon is a star atlas attributed to "Hyginus," though the true authorship is disputed. During the Renaissance, the work was attributed to the Roman historian Gaius Julius Hyginus who lived during the first century B.C. However, the fact that the book lists the constellations in the same order as Ptolemy's Almagest (published in the second century, A.D.) has led many to believe that a more recent Hyginus created the text. ...more on Wikipedia about "Poeticon astronomicon"
The Rudolphine Tables ( Latin: Tabulae Rudolphinae) consist of a star catalog and planetary tables published by Johannes Kepler in 1627. They contain positions for 1,005 stars with directions and tables for locating the planets of the solar system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rudolphine Tables"
A Star Atlas is a variant of the traditional geographic atlas, ie. a collection of maps, depicting the permanent and semi-permanent features of the night sky such as stars, constellations of stars, star clusters, galaxies and nebulae. ...more on Wikipedia about "Star atlas"
Uranometria is the short title of a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Uranometria"
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