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uranometria

Noun

Meaning

A uranometry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

After its introduction on Plancius's globe, the constellation's first known appearance in a celestial atlas was in German cartographer Johann Bayer 's Uranometria of 1603, where it was called "Apis Indica". Source: Internet

Bayer is most famous for his star atlas Uranometria Omnium Asterismorum (" Uraniometry of all the asterisms "), which was first published in 1603 in Augsburg and dedicated to two prominent local citizens. Source: Internet

Bayer straightened the tail of Piscis Austrinus to make way for Grus in his Uranometria. Source: Internet

Grus first appeared on a 35-cm (14 in) diameter celestial globe published in 1598 in Amsterdam by Plancius and Jodocus Hondius and was depicted in Johann Bayer 's star atlas Uranometria of 1603. Source: Internet

German cartographer Johann Bayer depicted the constellation on his Uranometria of 1603, and gave the stars Bayer designations from Alpha to Omega. Source: Internet

Its first depiction in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer 's Uranometria of 1603 where it was also named Dorado. Source: Internet

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