China’s Ancient Star Chart Could Rewrite the History of Astronomy

China’s Ancient Star Chart Could Rewrite the History of Astronomy

Did the Chinese create the first star charts?

Master Shi was able to document the stars for the first time from his perspective in the fourth century B.C., revealed researchers in a recent study. A team of researchers has re-analysed the “Star Manual of Master Shi” or “Stellar Manual of Master Shi”, which for so long has aroused great perplexity, and have discovered [...]

An ancient Chinese manuscript has generated intense academic debate by checking the traditional chronology of astronomical history. It is the ‘Manual of the Stars of Master Shi’ (), a catalogue of stars that, thanks to the use of artificial intelligence, has been dated around 355 B.C., that is, about 200 years before what was thought so far. With this new study, the document could become the oldest star map ever recorded, surpassing even the fam…

An ancient map from China could contain the oldest star catalogue ever discovered. Chinese researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze the Star Manual of Master Shi and have...