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al-Ṣūfī
Islamic astronomer
Also known as: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar aṣ-Ṣūfī
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contribution to astronomical maps
- In astronomical map: Relationship of the bright stars and their constellations
…a 1009–10 ce copy of al-Ṣūfī’s book on the fixed stars, shows individual constellations, including stars.
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observation of Andromeda Galaxy
- In Andromeda Galaxy
…Stars by the Islamic astronomer al-Ṣūfī, and rediscovered in 1612, shortly after the invention of the telescope, by the German astronomer Simon Marius, who said it resembled the light of a candle seen through a horn. For centuries astronomers regarded the Andromeda Galaxy as a component of the Milky Way…
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