uranography
noun
the branch of astronomy concerned with the description and mapping of the heavens, and especially of the fixed stars.
uranographic
-
a word derived from
uranography.
Example Sentences
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Each one watched for an unexpected fact, which might throw some new light on their uranographic studies.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Jules Verne
Hydra is supposed to be the snake shown on a uranographic stone from the Euphrates, 1200 b.c.
From A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott
In the catalogues of Ptolemy, Tycho Brahe, and Hevelius, eight stars are mentioned; but recent uranographic surveys have greatly increased this number.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
Each watched for some unexpected incident which should throw a new light on their uranographic studies.
From The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne
