star chart

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of star chart¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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.

From Quanta Magazine

Mathematicians knew about these star charts, but they didn’t have a good perspective that allowed them to count the overlapping points.

From Quanta Magazine

Marston himself had loomed large in the star-chart of painting only a dozen years ago, and was now the greatest of luminaries.

From Project Gutenberg

He gestured expressively at the star chart papered over one wall of his office.

From Project Gutenberg

Phil Morgan thought a moment, and faced toward the wall with the inlaid star chart of the sky, thinking of sun-bathed Georgia.

From Project Gutenberg

He sent his results to the Berlin Observatory, where a star chart such as was wanted was actually just being made.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not an ordinary star-chart: it was three-dimensional, ultra-stereoscopic.

From Project Gutenberg