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Description: illustration of the Ophiuchus constellation in a 18th-century manuscript of Azophi's (al-Sufi's) Suwar al-Kawakib. This manuscript is from the Library of Congress collection, produced ca. 1730. It is an exact copy of the lost manuscript prepared for Ulug Beg of Samarkand in 1417.[1]
Title: Azophi Ophiuchus
Credit: Library of Congress
Author: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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