#star map

https://www.starwars.com/star-wars-galaxy-map

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It has EVERYTHING!!! Took me a bit, but I found all the planets from the movies and shows!

I will be using this for any future stories I write.

The Constellations of northern Arda - an autumn sky above Thangorodrim

The constellations of Arda - a night sky made up of the constellations of Tolkien's Legendarium (and some added real ones (lyra, swan, dragon) that seemed to fit thematically) overlaid over an autumnal sky of our northern hemisphere. (somewhat expanded to get all of them in one view (e.g. do not @ me about orion or corona borealis ;) )

Also, for the Tolkien astronomy nerds(TM), Anarríma (which we don't have any information on besides the name) is probably meant to be an adaptation of pegasus. So the actual depiction is completely made up by me.

I ultimately landed on the idea of a giant spider (as the name translates to something like the edge/border of light/the sun) The spider not only fits well with the long limbs of the pegasus but Ungoliant's (and her descendants') stories do always play out in that edge of light and the sun, always desiring, craving and devouring it but also shying away from it. /rant over

Uranographia, formally known as Firmamentum Sobiascianum, is a gorgeously-illustrated atlas of constellations by Johannes Hevelius. The third volume of his Prodromus Astronomiae star catalog, it was published posthumously in 1690 by his widow and collaborator Elisabeth Hevelius.

Hevelius was known for his deluxe private observatory with an array of observational instruments, which attracted both fellow astronomers and Polish royalty.

The stars and constellations included within Uranographia are all based on Hevelius's own observations for the northern hemisphere. For the southern hemisphere, they were based on Edmund Halley's charts from the late 1670s - making them far more accurate than the celestial atlases that came before.

Hevelius also introduced a number of new constellations, seven of which are still considered valid. One of the best known is Canes Venatici, shown above, represented as the hunting dogs of Bootes.

The original drawings for the atlas were done by Polish artist Andreas Stech, who like Hevelius lived in Danzig (now better known as Gdańsk) in the Polish-Lithuanian Republic.

While the atlas itself was published in black and white, luxurious hand-painted copies also exist. These often feature the stars themselves embellished in gold.

Hevelius also chose to display the constellations within the atlas as though they were depicted on a globe - so from the outside looking in, rather than the traditional geocentric approach of inside looking out.

Uranographia was the last of the major celestial atlases to be based largely on naked-eye observation. While Hevelius had access to telescopes, his distinct opinion was that they weren't a necessity.

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