Part of a lost, ancient star catalog has now been found
Greek astronomer Hipparchus may be the first to try to precisely map the stars. His lost work turned up on parchment that had been erased and reused.
Source: sciencenews.org
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Hundreds of years after the first try, we can finally read a Ptolemy text
The original writing was hidden in part by a 19th century attempt to read it.
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The World's Oldest Map of the Stars, Lost for Thousands of Years, Has Been Found in the Pages of a Medieval Parchment
The ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus catalogued the coordinates of the stars. Now, his efforts have finally been uncovered.
Source: artnet.com