[Merged] Stars identified

[Monica Yokubinas]

Not wanting to rain on your parade, but it's a fairly obscure list of stars so far.

There are 24 labelled stars according to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.



That's about equal to the list of 1st magnitude stars visible from the Northern Hemisphere.



I guess I am saying anything not on that list would need a good reason to be there.



I mean Epsilon Cygni for instance? Why?



Your original assignment of Sirius made some sense though.

In summary there are 53 labelled stars on 68r1 and 68r2. Thats also the number of stars in an islamic astrolabe from the year 1650:


You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (figure 2.8)

Furthermore, as far a I can say Epsilon Cygni is indeed included in the VMS as "ockhy" (transcripted by me as "an-gan", originated from Arabic word: al-ganah, which means "wing") in 68r1. This chart seems to be a star map during the summer solstice, I will explain it later, when I reconstructed all stars on the map. Until now I´ve found 13 of 29. 

I look forward to reading your translations