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De le stelle fisse

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In astronomical map: Relationship of the bright stars and their constellations
…book of printed star charts, De le stelle fisse (1540) of the Italian Alessandro Piccolomini, introduced a lettering system for the stars; although frequently reprinted, application of its nomenclature did not spread.
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