Johann Bode included the Tarantula in his 1801 " Uranographia " star atlas and listed it in the accompanying " Allgemeine Beschreibung und Nachweisung der Gestirne " catalogue as number 30 in the constellation " Xiphias or Dorado ".
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It was based upon the work of Tycho Brahe and may have borrowed from Alessandro Piccolomini's 1540 star atlas, " De le stelle fisse " ( " Of the fixed stars " ), although Bayer included an additional 1, 000 stars.
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Plancius's constellations ( mostly referring to animals and subjects described in natural history books and travellers'journals of his day ) are constellations was assured when Johann Bayer, a German astronomer, included them in his " Uranometria " of 1603, the leading star atlas of its day.
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The constellation appeared in later star atlases through the 19th century but was rarely used by the end of the century; Richard Hinckley Allen noted its most recent use had been in 1878 in Father Angelo Secchi's planisphere, but stated " it is seldom found in the maps of our day . ".
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He is editor of the " Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy " and Norton's Star Atlas, and author of observing guides such as " The Monthly Sky Guide " and the " Collins Stars and Planets Guide " ( the latter two with charts by Wil Tirion, and both continuously in print for over 25 years ).
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An idealized illustration of Jupiter's belts and zones; it is based on several sources, the most important being page 107 of the 19th edition of Ridpath's " Norton's Star Atlas " ( Longman : 1998 ), and a similar diagram on page 27 of Beebe's " Jupiter : The Giant Planet " ( Smithsonian : 1997 ).
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The project is built around the Dunhuang Manuscripts, which include a number of unique artefacts such as the " Diamond Sutra " ( the earliest known printed book ), the " Dunhuang Go Manual " ( the earliest book on the game of Go ), or the " Dunhuang Star Chart " ( the oldest complete star atlas ).
