An Analysis of Errors in the Star Catalogues of Ptolemy and Ulugh Beg

@article{Shevchenko1990AnAO,
  title={An Analysis of Errors in the Star Catalogues of Ptolemy and Ulugh Beg},
  author={M. I. Shevchenko},
  journal={Journal for the History of Astronomy},
  year={1990},
  volume={21},
  pages={187 - 201}
}
  • M. I. Shevchenko
  • Published 1990
  • Physics
  • Journal for the History of Astronomy
    • The main peculiarity of Ptolemy's catalogue is the mean systematic error in the longitudes of the stars exceeding 1 • Many astronomers, in a European tradition going back to Tycho Brahe, I have considered the presence of such error to be an unambiguous indication that the catalogue was borrowed and modified rather than being a product of direct observations. Analysis of the fractional degrees of star coordinates by R. R. Newtonseemingly confirmed the artificial origin of the longitudinal shift… CONTINUE READING
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