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The map features asterisms - or patterns in the sky - from ancient and modern civilizations alike. Some of my favorites are the ancient Arabic asterisms (left, green), traditional Chinese and Korean (red and blue) and traditional Hawaiian (right, aqua).
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The map is designed using asterism data from from Stellarium, an open-source planetarium software, and the HYG Star Database by David Nash. Because the equirectangular projection greatly distorts the North and South poles, I also included two alternate maps of the polar regions in the map key.
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