Uranometria
The first star atlas to cover the entire sky, published by Johann Bayer
in 1603 and based on positions taken from Tycho Brahe's
catalogue. It contained 51 charts, one for each of Ptolemy
48 constellations, one for the southernmost skies which were unknown to
Ptolemy (introducing 12 new southern constellations defined by the Dutch
navigators Keyser and de Houtmann), and two planispheres. Uranometria
also introduced the Bayer designations,
which are still used today.
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