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  2. Chinese star maps - Wikipedia

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    Map or catalog Creator Time created Contents links M45 Fuxi Star Map (伏羲星图) c. 4000 BC: Found on a mural in a Neolithic tomb in Xishuipo (西水坡), Puyang, Henan.Clam shells arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper in the North and below the foot, Tiger in the West and Azure Dragon in the East.

  3. BL Telescopii - Wikipedia

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    BL Telescopii is a multiple star in the constellation Telescopium. [2] An Algol-like eclipsing binary, the star system varies between apparent magnitudes 7.09 and 9.08 in just over 778 days (2 years 48 days), [3] which is generally too faint to be seen with the unaided eye. [7]

  4. A Record of Mortal's Journey to Immortality - Wikipedia

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    A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality (Chinese: 凡人修仙传; pinyin: Fánrén xiūxiān chuán) [1] is a long online novel about cultivating immortals written by Wang Yu between 2008 and 2013 on Qidian.com. [2] After its publication, it gradually became one of the most famous novels about cultivating immortals in mainland China, [3] a very popular web novel topic in Chinese online ...

  5. MUL.APIN - Wikipedia

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    MUL.APIN (𒀯 𒀳) is the conventional title given to a Babylonian compendium that deals with many diverse aspects of Babylonian astronomy and astrology.It is in the tradition of earlier star catalogues, the so-called Three Stars Each lists, but represents an expanded version based on more accurate observation, likely compiled around 1000 BCE. [1]

  6. Algol - Wikipedia

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    Algol / ˈ æ l ɡ ɒ l /, [12] designated Beta Persei (β Persei, abbreviated Beta Per, β Per), known colloquially as the Demon Star, is a bright multiple star in the constellation of Perseus and one of the first non-nova variable stars to be discovered.

  7. Golden Gate of the Ecliptic - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Gate of the Ecliptic is an asterism in the constellation Taurus that has been known for several thousand years. The asterism is formed of the two eye-catching open star clusters , the Pleiades and the Hyades that form the posts of a virtual gate on either side of the ecliptic line.

  8. Delta Cassiopeiae - Wikipedia

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    δ Cassiopeiae (Latinised to Delta Cassiopeiae) is the star's Bayer designation.WDS J01258+6014A is its designation in the Washington Double Star Catalog.. It also bore the traditional names Ruchbah and Ksora; the former deriving from the Arabic word ركبة rukbah meaning "knee", [9] and the latter appeared in a 1951 publication, Atlas Coeli (Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens) by Czech ...

  9. Xian (Taoism) - Wikipedia

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    However, Taoism changed that belief eventually by making the Taoist view of a xian as a holy human being, who could be good or evil, who went to heaven by following a path that would make the soul stay in the body permanently, along with making the body disappear from Earth, popular among folk religious practitioners.