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Su Song Star Map 2

A star map of the south polar projection found for the celestial globe of Su Song (1020-1101), a Chinese scientist and mechanical engineer of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). This diagram of a star chart was first published in the year 1092 in Su's book known as the Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao (Wade-Giles: Hsin I Hsiang Fa Yao).

Date
August 14, 2007
Mapmaker / publisher
PericlesofAthens
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
chart
Original size
1,177 × 877 pixels

Public domain

Reason: public domain: China.

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Read from: Commons licence category: PD China; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Su Song Star Map 2" (August 14, 2007). PericlesofAthens, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Su_Song_Star_Map_2.JPG

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