A Persian nobleman and astronomer, also known by the Latinized name Azophi, whose Book of the Fixed Stars (c. 964) includes a catalog of 1,018 stars, giving their approximate positions, magnitudes, and colors. It contains Arabic star names that, in corrupted form, are still in use today, and the earliest known reference to the Andromeda Galaxy. See also Arabian astronomy.
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