Talk:Star chart

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I came to this article to find out how many degrees the star chart "shifts" each day. The answer is about one degree a day counterclockwise. This needs to be added to the article. It should also be noted that the sky only appears to shift because of Earth's movement around the Sun. It's an APPARENT shift not an actual shift. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dustynyfeathers (talk • contribs) 13:31, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article says nothing about more modern solutions like the various AR star chart apps which are available on modern phones, tablets and desktop/laptop computers. 86.162.112.253 (talk) 12:58, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

links

Hi. Here's another star chart I found. Should it be added? The site also has other astronomical simulators. It gives you a star map for a given city. Thanks. A stroHur ricane 00 1^{(Talk+Contribs+Ubx)} 20:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

currently returns 404 Object not found. --Eltener (talk) 22:31, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The link for reference 6 is invalid and needs an update.

stars

 I want to learn about the stars.Where do I go?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.195.143.166 (talk) 02:25, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Projections

The article should contain, or link to, something about the projections used in mapping the spherical heavens onto a plane surface. But what? 94.30.84.71 (talk) 11:45, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oldest star chart

Does the Nebra sky disc count as a star chart? If so, it would possibly register as one of the oldest ones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.167.170.47 (talk) 14:52, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Why are star charts often divided into two circles?

This is something that could be explained in more detail in this article. Something to do with map projections, I assume. Ahiijny (talk) 13:07, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Date discrepancy

Re; "The Pole Johannes Hevelius finished his Firmamentum Sobiescianum star atlas in 1690." The problem with this is that the Wikipedia article devoted to Hevelius gives the date of his death as 1687 Did he finish this work in heaven? TheScotch (talk) 19:04, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. TheScotch (talk) 19:15, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]