China: A rubbing of the 'Suzhou Star Chart', created in 1193, etched in stone in 1247 by Wang Zhi Yuan

The Hun Tian Yi Tong Xing Xiang Quan Tu (蘇州石刻天文圖) or Suzhou Star Chart (淳祐天文図) indicates 1434 stars grouped into 280 Asterisms in a chart of the Northern Skies.

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