star chart
Astronomy. a chart or map showing the relative apparent positions of the stars, as seen from the earth, in a particular area of the sky.
Origin of star chart
1- Also called star map.
Words Nearby star chart
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How to use star chart in a sentence
In order to determine precisely where these intersections take place, the authors had to lift the torsion points off their respective curves and transpose them over each other — almost the way you’d fit a star chart to the night sky.
Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | February 22, 2021 | Quanta MagazineMathematicians knew about these star charts, but they didn’t have a good perspective that allowed them to count the overlapping points.
Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | February 22, 2021 | Quanta MagazineMarston himself had loomed large in the star-chart of painting only a dozen years ago, and was now the greatest of luminaries.
The Key to Yesterday | Charles Neville BuckHe gestured expressively at the star chart papered over one wall of his office.
Citadel | Algirdas Jonas BudrysPhil Morgan thought a moment, and faced toward the wall with the inlaid star chart of the sky, thinking of sun-bathed Georgia.
Stand by for Mars! | Carey Rockwell
He sent his results to the Berlin Observatory, where a star chart such as was wanted was actually just being made.
The Children's Book of Stars | G.E. MittonIt was not an ordinary star-chart: it was three-dimensional, ultra-stereoscopic.
Skylark Three | Edward Elmer Smith
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