Medieval catalogues of stars
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985815%3A_____%2F19%3A00525215" target="_blank" >RIV/67985815:_____/19:00525215 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
—
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
—
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Medieval catalogues of stars
Original language description
Medieval catalogues of stars combined the textual description of positions of stars with respect to constellation figures with quantitative data in terms of ecliptical coordinates and magnitudes. The choice of stars and the values of coordinates were taken from the Ptolemy's star catalogue. The ecliptical longitudes were updated for precession, the knowledge of which was, however, influenced by the hypothesis of trepidation. In this contribution the theory of trepidation is reviewed and its calculation using the Menelaus's theorem is derived. A transcription of the star catalogue from the manuscript Prague, National Library XIV E 37 is also presented.
Czech name
—
Czech description
—
Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
—
OECD FORD branch
10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-03314S" target="_blank" >GA17-03314S: Sphaera mundi. Reception of the medieval treatise on sphere by Iohannes de Sacrobosco in the Czech lands.</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
The Stars in the Classical and Medieval Traditions
ISBN
978-80-907269-1-8
Number of pages of the result
55
Pages from-to
115-169
Number of pages of the book
483
Publisher name
Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Place of publication
Ondrejov
UT code for WoS chapter
—