Image: Su Song Star Map 2
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Description: 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).
Title: Su Song Star Map 2
Credit: My book Science and Civilization in China, Volume 3 by Joseph Needham
Author: PericlesofAthens
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