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The Book of Fixed Stars (Arabic: كتاب صور الكواكب kitāb 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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		The Editor's Barnstar
		Woot woot! I was worried there for a bit, but alls well. Thanks for your help and fine editing this week. Patrick Ѻ 18:58, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		"Deep in the wave is a coral grove, where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove; Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, that never are wet with falling dew." (J. G. Percival) For a good work. Rhanyeia 14:06, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for being patient and helpful during this long episode, thank you very, very much The Dominator (talk) 05:48, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for banning them even before I can give them an unneeded warning lol Rearete (talk) 04:14, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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For your helpfulness, for your kindness, for answering questions that others would just ignore, for being there for users, and for doing what you can where you can to make Wikipedia a better place...I present to you the Sparky Barnstar. Congrats! - NeutralHomer ^{NeutralHomer • Talk 05:06, 22 September 2008 (UTC)}

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For using your administrative tools to keep Wikipedia in tip-top shape. Cheers! Eustress (talk) 00:30, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		For your good work helping a new editor at the Healthy Kids School Canteen Association. Colonel Warden (talk) 16:38, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Minor Barnstar
		Thank you for reverting the repeat vandalism on my userpage. They always come back a second time, don't they? Silver seren^C 02:22, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You've beat me to reverting vandalism twice tonight, and I think that all your hard work deserves a reward! Sophus Bie ^(talk) 04:06, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

	Virginia
	Thank you for your quality work centered on Virginia, and for drawing a fine line between Keep and Delete with a sense of humor, repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian, said by others on 19 July (!) and 2 August 2010 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thank you Uaearthub (talk) 10:55, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	This is for your part in improving Defense Acquisition University! *MurderByDeadcopy*^"bang!" 05:20, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Hey, I simply wanted to say thanks for taking care of all the pages I tag and I certainly notice and appreciate it. Cheers! SwisterTwister talk 02:21, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

	The No Spam Barnstar
	Thank you for speedily deleting the spam article InvasionR002! Erick Shepherd (talk) 15:08, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I wouldn't be surprised if you already got this barnstar... nor would I be surprised if you got it 5 times before! You're so fast in recent changes reverting vandalism that you've ninjaed me thrice! Great job! InterstateFive (talk) - just another roadgeek 15:11, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

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