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...''Burrum'' AN.NA = "Sparkling sky"(?), lit. "The variegated (multicolored) sky"; part of the constellation [[PA.BIL.SAG]](?). ...sup>bur-ru-um an.na = min(= me-šiḫ ^dpa.bil.sag) "Sparkle of the sky = Sparkle of Pabilsag" [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:144; Weidner 1959-60, 107].||

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|Dekker, Elly, "Early Explorations of the Southern Celestial Sky", ''Annals of Science'', '''44''' (1987), 439-470 [[:File:dekker1987.pdf|(p |Dekker, Elly, "On the Dispersal of Knowledge of the Southern Celestial Sky", ''Der Globusfreund: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Globen- und Instru

[[File:Centaurus IAU.svg|alt=star chart|thumb|IAU star chart (CC By: IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]] ...ea mention a god ([[Numushda]]) whose appearance and exact location in the sky are not preserved, and the constellation [[UR.IDIM]] which is commonly tran

[[File:Hydrus IAU.svg|alt=star chart|thumb|star chart,CC BY IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]] ...’ by Lacaille in 1756, contemporary Hydrus no longer marks the pole of the sky with few stars.

...of the Lokono People in South America. Screenshot from Stellarium (2024), sky culture produced by Konrad Rybka.]]

...nus IAU.svg|alt=star chart|thumb|IAU Constellation Circinus (CC BY IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]] ...ked here. ]]In this area adjacent to the third brightest star of the night sky, Indigenous cultures have not named individual stars (other than α and β

...Láng Wèi, Officers of the Imperial Guard) refers to a constellation in the sky composed of 15 stars, located to the northeast of the 五帝座 (''Wǔ Dì ...roughly corresponds to the Coma Star Cluster. It is very prominent in the sky, which is why it was noticed by ancient Chinese astronomers early on. Both

...e:Piscis Austrinus IAU.svg|alt=star chart|thumb|star chart of PsA (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]

[[File:Cetus IAU.svg|thumb|star chart of Cetus by IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]] ...e suspect that it was taken from another culture in order to diversify the sky culture in Alexander's new empire.

...blue dawn 2020.jpg|alt=photograph|thumb|Pleiades and Venus in the morning sky. (by Susanne M Hoffmann)]]

...asterism always used to have names in other cultures. In this area of the sky close the pole of the ecliptic, there are not many bright stars, but a clea ...piciously, that the gods had moved the hair of the benevolent queen to the sky.

* a Sky & Telescope article in 1941,

!SUN X. & J. Kistemaker<ref>Sun Xiaochun. & Kistemaker J. ''The Chinese sky during the Han''. Leiden: Brill. 1997, Pp241-6.</ref>

[[File:Lupus IAU.svg|alt=star chart|thumb| IAU Lupus chart (CC BY, IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine: Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]] ...centaur. He was the teacher of numerous Greek heroes, and his image in the sky also symbolizes cultivated behavior and religion as he sacrifices the beast

[[File:Ten-sons Loctanur Stellarium.jpg|alt=Stellarium map|thumb|Sky over Indonesia, the visible stars of the ten sons marked (not all visible s [[File:Ten-sons Loctanur Stellarium2.jpg|alt=Stellarium map|thumb|Sky over Indonesia, the visible stars of the ten sons marked (not all visible s

...rium-Farnese.gif|alt=star chart with ancient drawings|thumb|The Stellarium sky culture "Farnese Globe" maps the depiction of the ancient marble globe to a ...<blockquote>Other stars lying scattered below the Water-pourer hang in the sky between the celestial Monster and the Fish, but they are faint and nameless

...chart of Taurus|thumb|Taurus, The Bull, modern definition. credit: IAU and Sky & Telescope]] The shape of a bull is quite easily recognisable in the sky in this asterism. Two open star clusters stand out prominently: the Hyades

...up>d</sup>UTU as a landmark determining the position of the planets in the sky, see MUL.APIN II i 51 ff. [MA, 83-84].

...od Apollo which is not really convincing with regard to their sizes in the sky. However, it is known that Corvus and Hydra were both copied as a group fro ...ffmann, S. M., Wolf, A., Chéreau, F., & Chéreau, G. (2020). "The Simulated Sky: Stellarium for Cultural Astronomy Research". ''Journal of Skyscape Archaeo