Uranometria
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Orion is a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer. It was published in Augsburg in 16031 by Christoph Mang (Christophorus Mangus) under the full title (from Latin: Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new method and engraved on copper plates). The word "uranometria", , literally translates to "measuring the heavens". It was the first atlas to cover the entire celestial sphere.
Orion]] is a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer. It was published in Augsburg in 1603 by Christoph Mang (Christophorus Mangus) under the full title (from Latin: Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new method and engraved on copper plates). The word "uranometria", , literally translates to "measuring the heavens". It was the first atlas to cover the entire celestial sphere.
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