al-Ṣūfī, Abdal-Ramān
al-Ṣūfī, Abdal-Ramān (903–86)Arabastronomer (Latinized name Azophi), born in modern Iran. His
Book of the Fixed Stars (
c.964) contained a star catalogue and atlas based on Ptolemy's
Almagest, revised in the spirit of Arab astronomy and with Arab star names that are still in use, albeit in corrupted form. It incorporated al-Ṣūfī's own observations, and contains the earliest known reference to the Andromeda Galaxy.
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