pisces
Catalogue des étoiles, par Abd al-Raḥmân ibn Omar al-Ṣoûfî, الصور السمائية - "Les Figures célestes" - publié 1301-1400 Bibliothèque Nationale Constellation Pisces from the Book of Fixed Stars text by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Arabic parchment manuscript. Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi, Timurid period (1370–1507), probably 15th c. - Iran The preface to this book discusses the studies available to the author, including those of Ptolemy, Utarid, and al-Hajjaj, but points out the errors within them that led al-Sufi to make his new and improved study. He then describes the forty-five constellations, in order of those in the northern hemisphere, the zodiac belt, and the southern hemisphere. For each constellation, he lists the position, brightness, magnitude, and color of the stars within them, provides corrections to Ptolemy's observations, and adds details