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Ancient Chinese Astronomer's Star Log is Found to Be World’s Oldest–Predating Greeks by 200 Years

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Chinese scientists have presented evidence that a Chinese astronomer created the first star catalogue more than 100 years before the Greeks accomplished the same.

Called the Star Manual of Master Shi , it was likely compiled around 335 BCE , making it far older than that composed by Hipparchus of Nicaea .

A team of scientists leveraged algorithmic image-rendering techniques to compare Shi ’s star manual with star charts made in the subsequent Tang and Yuan dynasties.

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