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... stars and ( 2 ) Ptolemy most likely obtained new coordinates for even those 850 stars . The evidence suggests that Ptolemy , who for over a century has been considered a mere compilator , should be placed among the first - rank ...
... stars and ( 2 ) Ptolemy most likely obtained new coordinates for even those 850 stars . The evidence suggests that Ptolemy , who for over a century has been considered a mere compilator , should be placed among the first - rank ...
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Designa- tions of faint and variable stars ( Left ) From Suwar al - Kawakib al - thabitah ( " Book of the Fixed Stars " ) , executed by ' Abd ar - Rahman Ibn ' Umar as - Sufi , AH 400 ( AD 1009-10 ) . In the Bodleian Library , Oxford ...
Designa- tions of faint and variable stars ( Left ) From Suwar al - Kawakib al - thabitah ( " Book of the Fixed Stars " ) , executed by ' Abd ar - Rahman Ibn ' Umar as - Sufi , AH 400 ( AD 1009-10 ) . In the Bodleian Library , Oxford ...
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... stars ( probably observed as pulsars ) represent a still higher state of compression in which electrons have been crushed onto protons to form a degenerate neutron gas . A star is a more or less spherical globe of gas kept in a steady ...
... stars ( probably observed as pulsars ) represent a still higher state of compression in which electrons have been crushed onto protons to form a degenerate neutron gas . A star is a more or less spherical globe of gas kept in a steady ...
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