The Book of Fixed Stars (Arabic: كتاب صور الكواكبkitāb suwar al-kawākib, literally The Book of the Shapes of Stars) is an astronomical text written by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) around 964. Following the Graeco-Arabic translation movement in the 9th century AD, the book was written in Arabic, the common language for scholars across the vast Islamic territories, although the author himself was Persian. It was an attempt to create a synthesis of the comprehensive star catalogue in Ptolemy's Almagest (books VII and VIII) with the indigenous Arabic astronomical traditions on the constellations (notably the Arabic constellation system of the Anwā'). The original manuscript no longer survives as an autograph, however, the Book of Stars has survived in later-made copies. This image from the book shows the constellation of Orion, in mirror image as if on a celestial globe, and is from a copy in the Bodleian Library dated to the 12th century AD.Ilustration credit: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
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I mainly work on Military articles and I and am a fervent participant of WikiProject Military History. Inside of that I mainly work on articles about American military history, including the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, and the Spanish-American War. I also nominate and review Good articles, and I welcome a number of users. Here is my edit count, if you wish to see it. [1]
I have awarded you this medal for your work in helping to reduce the backlog during the Good Article Candidates Backlog Elimination Drive. You reviewed five or more articles during the drive, which helped to contribute to the large decrease in the backlog. If you have the time, please continue to review articles to help make sure the backlog does not jump back up to what it was. Good job and happy editing! Nehrams2020 06:49, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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You were a finalist of the Best User Page Contest! Congratulations! MarlithT/C 03:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
For reviewing 5 or more Good article nominations during this past March 2011 GA backlog elimination drive, I hereby award you The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar. Good job! –MuZemike 17:24, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
I think you are completely missing the point in autograph pages. The purpose is not to make it long, it is to collect signatures of friendly Wikipedians. If you are trying to make the longest, then you are completely missing the point. But I'll sign anyway. Would you sign mine, please? ;-) ANNAfoxlover 00:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I came here to tell you that I have a strict rule against signing autograph pages. They do not help the encyclopedia, and they are a distraction from more important things, and I would never do something as silly as place my autograph on a page like this. But whoops ... here I am writing on this page, so I am going to have to sign my comment, and so after all you wind up with the autograph of ... Newyorkbrad 01:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Good luck with this lol --- RockMFR 01:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm basically doing this just to annoy all those Wikipedians out there who for some unknown reason, seem to hate autograph books! Good luck!!!!!!!!! SensibleMenace 16:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Hey there! Fancy signing my guestbook? - 09:35, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Nice to meet you! Fancy signing my guestbook? - Alistairjh or 2o-DeMoN-o8 (talk) 20:50, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey there! Nice to see you. Feel free to sign my guestbook (if you haven't already)! Then have a beer in Virginia Beach! ;) -- MISTER ALCOHOLTC 06:03, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I've traced my Welcome path (my welcomer, then his, etc.) all the way up to you! Great work around here! PS-I can't find your own welcome message in your archives; if you still have them, send them my way! ;) Cheers! Double Plus Ungood (talk) 23:04, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
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