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uranometria

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U`ra`nom`e`tri´a
n.1.A uranometry.
uranometry, uranometria
1. a treatise recording the positions and magnitudes of heavenly bodies.
2. the science of measuring the real or apparent distances of heavenly bodies from Earth. — uranometrical, adj.
See also: Astronomy
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Mistaken for a star in the pre-telescopic age, Omega Centauri was labelled according to its brightness and so was given a letter by Bayer and included in his Uranometria of 1603 after it had already been catalogued by Ptolemy in the Almagest of 150AD.
Two great globular clusters--north versus south by Moore, Stewart L. / Journal of the British Astronomical Association
 
 
 
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