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* Gössmann (1950)
In many cases, there is a very limited corpus of literature dealing with the identifications of constellations. In these cases, we give a list here (below); in case of huge amount of literature, we create an extra page and link it here. 
* Kurtik (2007)  
 
* Pan Nai ( )  
==Dictionaries and Tools==
* Zotti et al. (2020)
 
=== [[Historical Maps]] ===
 
=== Interactive digitals Maps and Globes ===
 
* [[Kugel Globe]] (high resolution), probably Indian from "Greek Period" in art, with Chinese influence
* Chinese [http://www.chinesehsc.org/chinese_astronomy.shtml Suzhou Map] (13th century with older data)
* [https://digicult2.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/digicult_derivate_00115090/Sternkarte2.tif 1395 Korean Map] (Uni Jena)
* [https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1279_al-Urdi/1279_al-Urdi.obj 1279 al-Urdi's Celestial Globe]
* [https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1626_Greuter_Sky/1626_Greuter_Sky.obj 1626 Nicolai&Greuter's Celestial Globe]
* [https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1688_Coronelli_Sky/1688_Coronelli_Sky.obj 1688 Coronelli's Celestial Globe]
* [https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1792_Cassini_Sky/1792_Cassini_Sky_optLayout.obj 1792 Cassini's Celestial Globe]
 
=== Standard References ===
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!Citation Form!!Bibliography
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|Barentine (2016)
|Barentine, John C. (2016). The Lost Constellations - A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore, Springer
|-
|Blume, Haffner, Metzger (2012/16)
|Blume, Dieter; Haffner, Mechthild and Metzger, Wolfgang, ''Der gemalte Himmel zwischen Wissenschaft und Phantasie.'' (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012/ 2016)
 
* Vol. 1 (2012). ''800-1200'' ''Sternbilder des Mittelalters.''
* Vol. 2 (2016). ''Sternbilder des Mittelalters und der Renaissance.''
|-
|Delporte (1930)
|Delporte, Eugène, ''Délimitation scientifique des constellations (tables et cartes)'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930) [[https://historiadelaastronomia.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/delporte.pdf online link]] -- published on behalf of the International Research Council of the International Astronomical Union.
|-
|Dekker (2013)
|Dekker, Elly, ''Illustrating the Phaenomena: Celestial Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press) ISBN 978-0-19-960969-7.
|-
|Gössmann (1950)||Gössmann, Felix, ''Planetarium Babylonicum oder Die sumerisch-babylonischen Stern-Namen'' (Rome: Verlag des Päpstl. Bibelinstituts, 1950 [= ''Šumerisches Lexikon'', Teil IV, Band 2]) [[https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/downloads/wgsn/goessmann_planetarium_babylonicum_1950.pdf online link]].
|-
|Hoffmann (2021)
|Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021
|-
|Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (2022)
|Hoffmann, Susanne M and Wolfschmidt, Gudrun (eds.). ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy. Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021;'' Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, (Ahrensburg: tredition & Berlin:OpenScienceTechnology, 2022)
|-
|Kanas (2012, 2019)
|Kanas, Nick (2012, 2019). Star Maps. History, Artistry, and Cartography, Springer Science & Business Media, ISBN 1461409179, 9781461409175  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-13613-0.
|-
|Kurtik (2007)
|Куртик, Г.Е., ''Звездное небо Древней Месопотамии. Шумеро-аккадские названия созвездий и других светил [The Star Heaven of Ancient Mesopotamia: Sumero-Akkadian Names of Constellations and Other Heavenly Bodies]'' (St. Petersburg: Aletejja, 2007) [[https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/downloads/wgsn/kurtik_zvezdnoe_nebo_drevnei_mesopotamii_2007.pdf online link]].
|-
|Ridpath (1988, 2018)
|Ridpath, Ian, ''Star Tales'' (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1988) ISBN 0-7188-2695-7 [[https://archive.org/details/startales0000ridp_w3y6 Internet Archive link]] -- a revised and expanded edition was published in 2018 [ISBN 978-07188-9478-8] -- online version on [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/contents.html Ridpath's website].
|-
|Warner (1979)
|Warner, Deborah Jean, ''The Sky Explored: Celestial Cartography 1500-1800'' (New York / Amsterdam: Alan R. Liss, Inc. / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1979) ISBN 90-221-2003-1.
|-
|Zotti et al. (2020).||Zotti, Georg; Hoffmann, Susanne M.; Wolf, Alexander; Chéreau, Fabien & Chéreau, Guillaume, "The Simulated Sky: Stellarium for Cultural Astronomy Research", ''Journal of Skyscape Archaeology'', '''6(2)''' (2020), 221--258  <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.17822</nowiki>.
|}
 
=== Contemporary Star Name Literature ===
{| class="wikitable"
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|Allen (1899).||Allen, Richard Hinckley (1899). Star Names - Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications, Inc., New York
|-
|Hoffmann et al. WGSN (2025a)
|Susanne M. Hoffmann, Doris Vickers, Eric Mamajek, Danielle Adams, Khalid AlAjaji, Juan Antonio Belmote Avilés, Cheung Sze-leung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, Beatriz García, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Ian Ridpath, Clive Ruggles, Yunli Shi, B.S. Shylaja, Xiaochun Sun, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Boshun Yang (2025): The IAU-Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): '''A Review of Recent Activities''', ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(1), 280–286.
|-
|Hoffmann et al. WGSN (2025b)
|Susanne M. Hoffmann,* Khalid AlAjaji, B.S. Shylaja, Yang Boshun, Danielle Adams, Eric Mamajek, Ian Ridpath, Paul Baki, Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, Sze-Leung Cheung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, M. Sadegh Faghanpour, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Clive Ruggles, Shi Yunli, Doris Vickers, Sun Xiaochun, and Hitoshi Yamaoka (2025). The IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): '''Research Finds in 2025'''. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(4), 1026–1038 (2025).
|-
|Kunitzsch and Smart (2006)
|Kunitzsch, Paul and Tim Smart (2006). A Dictionary of Modern Star Names. A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations., Sky and Telescope, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA (USA).
|-
|Rhoads (1971)
|Rhoads, Jack W. (1971). A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. NASA JPL CIT, Technical Memorandum 33-507, Pasadena, 15 November 1971
|}
 
== Library ==
 
=== Arabic ===
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!
!
|-
|Adams (2018)
|Adams, Danielle, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018
|-
|Adams (online)
|[http://onesky.arizona.edu/ Two Deserts - One Sky,] Univ. of Arizona
|-
|AlAjaji, Khalid (2021)
|al-Ṣūfī, Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUmar. ''Kitāb al-kawākib.'' Critical edition with commentary by Khalid al-Ajaji, digital edition 2021 (PDF)
|-
|Hafez (2010)
|Ihsan Hafez (2010). Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi and his book of the fixed stars: a journey of re-discovery, [https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/28854/ PhD Thesis], James Cook University (Australia) Publisher Website: https://doi.org/10.25903/6xsf-aa64
|-
|Kunitzsch (1961)
|Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. ''Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber.'' Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz
|-
|Laffitte (2012)
|Roland Laffitte (2012), ''Le ciel des Arabes,'' Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner
|-
|Laffitte (2025)
|Roland Laffitte (2025), ''Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe'', Orient des Mots (online: [https://uranos.fr/500-noms-herites-des-arabes/ ''URANOS.FR'']'')''
|-
|Laffitte (online)
|Laffitte: URANOS.FR https://uranos.fr/
|-
|al-Marzuqi (2002)
|Al-Marzūqī, Abū ʿAli Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥassan (died 1030), Al-Azminah wa al-Amkinah (Times and Places), (Arabic print of the original book in 2002, World of Books, Beirut, Lebanon)., الإمام أبو علي أحمد بن محمد بن الحسن المرزوقي (توفي سنة 421 هـ)، الأزمنة والأمكنة، تحقيق د. محمد نايف الدليمي، عالم الكتب، بيروت، لبنان، 1422 هـ.
|-
|ibn Qutayba (1956)
|Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallah b. Muslim. 1956. ''Kitāb al-anwāʾ (fī mawāsim al-ʿArab)''. Hyderabad: Maṭbaʿat Majlis Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmāniyya
|-
|as-Sufi (1981)
|al-Ṣūfī, Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUmar. 1981. ''Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thamāniya wa al-arbaʿīn.'' Beirut: Dār al-Āfāq al-Jadīda.
|}
 
=== [[References (Babylonian)|Babylonian]] ===
The dictionary of Babylonian celestial names had been compiled by G.&nbsp;Kurtik (2007) based on Gössmann (1950). Kurtik's version is much improved and enriched, however it has been reworked by himself until his death in April 2023 and further reworked and translated to English by the research group led by Wayne Horowitz and Susanne M. Hoffmann.
 
As we present them here, the references for the Babylonian Sky Culture are so rich that they need to go to [[References (Babylonian)|another website]].
 
=== Balinese ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Citation Form!!Bibliography
|-
|Maas (1929)
|Maass, Alfred, “Astrologische Kalender der Balinesen,” in ''Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Feestbundel bij gelegenheid van zijn 150 jarig bestaan 1778-1928'', 2 vols. (Weltevreden, 1929), Vol. 2, 126-157.
|-
|Palelintangan Museum Study Team (Tim Kajian Palelintangan Museum) (2021)
|Tim Kajian Palelintangan, ''Gabungan Kajian Palelintangan'' (Denpasar: Museum Bali, 2021), pp 1-149.
|-
|Rapini & Mayun (1979)
|Rapini, Nyoman & Mayun, Ida Bagus, ''Palalintangan Kalender Astronomi Bali Koleksi Museum Bali'' (Denpasar: Proyek Pengembangan Permuseuman Bali, 1979), pp 1-69.
|-
|Wikarman & Sutarya (2023)
|Wikarman, I Nyoman Singgin & Sutarya, I Gede, ''Wariga'' (Denpasar: Yayasan Wikarman, 2023).
|-
|Ardhana (2006)
|Ardhan, I.B. Suparta, ''Pokok-Pokok Wariga'' (Surabaya: PARAMITA, 2006).
|-
|Sanjaya (2016)
|Sanjaya, Putu, ''Hari Suci & Wariga Dewasa'' (Surabaya: PARAMITA, 2016).
|-
|Suhardana (2005)
|Suhardana, K.M., ''Babad Nyuhaya'' (Surabaya: PARAMITA, 2005)
|-
|Adiputra (2003)
|Adiputra, Gede Rudia, ''Pengetahuan Dasar Agama Hindu'' (Jakarta: Pustaka Jaya Mitra, 2003)
|-
|Wikarman & Sutarya (2005)
|Wikarman, I Nyoman Singgin & Sutarya, I Gede, ''Hari Raya Hindu Bali-India'' (Surabaya: PARAMITA, 2005).
|}
 
=== [[References (Chinese)|Chinese]] ===
The rich literature is compiled at the separate page linked above; here are the main sources:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Citation Form!!Bibliography
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|Ho (1962)
|Peng-Yoke Ho, “Ancient And Mediaeval Observations of Comets and Novae in Chinese Sources,” ''Vistas in Astronomy'', '''5''' (1962), 127-225 [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1962VA......5..127H/abstract ADS link]].
|-
|Pan Nai (2009)
|Pān Nài [潘鼐], ''Zhōngguó Héngxīng Guāncè Shǐ [中国恒星观测史]'' (Shanghai: Xuélín Chūbǎnshè, 2009) [[https://archive.org/download/Ancient-Chinese-Astronomy/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%81%92%E6%98%9F%E8%A7%82%E6%B5%8B%E5%8F%B22009_%E6%BD%98%E9%BC%9012259369.pdf Internet Archive link]] -- revised edition of a work first published in 1989.
|-
|Pan Nai & Wang De-chang (1981)
|Pān Nài [潘鼐] & Wang De-chang, “The Huang-You Star List of the Song Dynasty: A Chinese Star List of the Early Medieval Period”, ''Chinese Astronomy & Astrophysics'', '''5''' (1981), 441-448 [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981ChA%26A...5..441P/abstract ADS link]] -– first published in Chinese in ''Acta Astronomica Sinica'', '''22''' (1981), 107-119.
|-
| Pankenier (2013)
|Pankenier, David W., ''Astrology and Cosmology in Early China: Conforming Earth to Heaven'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013) ISBN&nbsp;978-1-107-00672-0 -- the appendix [pp. 444-511] contains an English translation of Sīmǎ Qiān [司馬遷]'s "Treatise of the Celestial Offices" [chapter&nbsp;27 of the ''Shǐjì [史記]''] with the earliest comprehensive description of the Chinese constellations.
|-
| Rufus & Hsing-chih T'ien (1945)
|Rufus, Will Carl & Hsing-chih T'ien, ''The Soochow Astronomical Chart'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1945) [[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001475761 HathTtrust link]].
|-
|Sun Xiaochun & Kistemaker (1997)
|Sun Xiaochun & Kistemaker, Jacob, ''The Chinese Sky during the Han: Constellating Stars and Society'' (Leiden [etc.]: Brill, 1997 [= ''Sinica Leidensia'', vol.&nbsp;XXXVIII]) ISBN 90-04-10737-1.
|-
|Boshun Yang (2023)
|杨伯顺, ''Zhongguo Chuantong Hengxing Guance Jingdu ji Xingguan Yanbian Yanjiu'' 中国传统恒星观测精度及星官演变研究 (A Research on the Accuracy of Chinese Traditional Star Observation and the Evolution of Constellations), PhD Dissertation, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei)
|}
 
=== Egyptian ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Citation Form!!Bibliography
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|Belmonte (2003)
|Belmonte, J. A., 2003. The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations. In M. Blomberg, P. E. Blomberg and G. Henriksson (Eds.), ''Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture'' (pp. 57–65). ''Uppsala Astronomical Observatory report'', 59. Uppsala Ocarina Books.
|-
|Belmonte and Lull (2006)
|Belmonte, J.A. and Lull, J. (2006). A Firmament above Thebes: Uncovering the Constellations of Ancient Egyptians, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 37(4), [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002182860603700401 online (SAGE]) DOI:10.1177/002182860603700401
|-
|Belmonte and Lull (2023)
|Belmonte, Juan Antonio and Lull, José (2023). Astronomy of Ancient Egypt - A Cultural Perspective, Springer
|-
|Belmonte and Lull (2025)
|Belmonte, Juan Antonio and Lull, José (2025) Astronomía del Antiguo Egipto: Una perspectiva cultural, Editorial Dilema
|-
|Davis (1985)
|Davis, V. L., 1985. Identifying Ancient Egyptian Constellations. ''Journal of the History of Astronomy'', ''16'', 102–104.
|-
|Graur (2024)
|Graur, O. (2024). The Ancient Egyptian Personification of the Milky Way as the Sky-Goddess Nut: An Astronomical and Cross-Cultural Analysis, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 27 (1), 28 - 45
|-
|Graur (2025)
|Graur, O. (2025). THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COSMOLOGICAL VIGNETTE: FIRST VISUAL EVIDENCE OF THE MILKY WAY AND TRENDS IN COFFIN DEPICTIONS OF THE SKY GODDESS NUT, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 28(1), 97–124
|-
|Hendi (2022)
|Hendi, M. (2022). The Ceilings in the eternal houses of ancient Egypt, International Design Journal, Volume 12, Issue 3, (May 2022)
|-
|Hoffmann (2022)
|Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Preliminary Observations on the Dendera Zodiac (Egypt). in: Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy, tredition Hamburg/ OpenScienceTechnology Berlin 524-541
|-
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|Krauss (1997)
|Krauss, R. (1997). Astronomische Konzepte und Jenseitsvorstellungen in den Pyramidentexten,
|-
|Leitz (1995)
|Leitz, Ch., 1995. Altägyptische Sternuhren. OLA, 62. Leuven: Peeters.
|-
|Leitz (2006)
|Leitz, Ch. (2006). Die Sternbilder auf dem rechteckigen und runden Tierkreis von Dendara, Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur 34, 285-318
|-
|v. Lieven (2000)
|von Lieven, Alexandra (2000). Der Himmel über Esna: Eine Fallstudie zur Religiösen Astronomie in Ägypten am Beispiel der kosmologischen Decken- und Architravinschriften im Tempel von Esna (Ägyptologische Abhandlungen, Band 64), Harrassowitz
|-
|Locher (1985)
|Locher, K. (1985). Probable Identification of the Ancient Egyptian Circumpolar Constellations, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 16(9), https://doi.org/10.1177/002182868501600907
|-
|Locher (1990)
|Locher, K. (1990) The Ancient Egyptian Constellation Group “The Lion between the Two Crocodiles” and the Bird, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 21(15), ([https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002182869002101505 online])
DOI:10.1177/002182869002101505
|-
|Lull (2018)
|Lull, José (2018). Ancient Egyptian constellation of WjA (Boat) and its link to Sagittarius in the Ptolemaic and Roman era. ''Aula Orientalis'' 36/2, 257-277
|-
|Marshall (1989)
|Marshall Clagett (1989). Ancient Egyptian Science: Calendars, clocks, and astronomy. American Philosophical Society.
|-
|Neugebauer and Parker (1969)
|Neugebauer, O. and Parker, R. A., 1969. ''Egyptian Astronomical Texts'', vol. III. Providence: Brown University.
|-
|Pogo (1930)
|Pogo, A. (1930). The Astronomical Ceiling-Decoration in the Tomb of Senmut (XVIIIth Dynasty), ISIS 14(2)
|-
|Quack, Joachim
|Quack, Joachim (2018). Astronomy in Ancient Egypt, Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World
|}
 
=== [[References (Greco-Roman)|Greco-Roman]]===
The dictionary of Greco-Roman celestial names is compiled by members of the IAU WGSN.
 
The [[References (Greco-Roman)|original sources are compiled in a separate pag]]<nowiki/>e.
 
=== India ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Citation Form!!Bibliography
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|Dikshit (1978)
|Dikshit, S.B. 1978. ''History of Astronomy. English translation of Bhartiya Jyotiṣa Sastra, Volume II, English translation by Vaidya R.V'', New Delhi, Indian Meteorological Department.
|-
|Dikshit (1981)
|Dikshit, S.B. 1981. ''Bhāratīya Jyotish Śāstra'' (History of Indian Astronomy), vol. 2, New Delhi (First published in Marathi in 1896.)
|-
|Ivengar et al. (2019)
|Iyengar, R. N., Sudarshan H S and Anand Viswanathan 2019. Vṛddhagārgīya Jyotiṣa-2 , Tattwadīpaha XXV(2), 26-55, Melkote
|-
|
|Jones, H. (2022)
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|Jones (1790)
|Jones, W. 1790. 'On the antiquity of the Indian Zodiac', ''Asiatick Researches'', 2: 289-306
|-
|Kulkami (1983)
|Kulkarni, R. P. 1983, Geometry According to Śulbasūtras, ''Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala'', Pune
|-
|Mak (2019)
|Mak, B. 2019. Vedic Astral Lore and Planetary Science in the Gārgīyajyotiṣa. ''History of Science in South Asia.'' Edmonton, Canada: 52-71 <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.18732/HSSA.V7I0.42</nowiki>
|-
|Pai and Shylaja (2018)
|Pai R. V. and Shylaja, B. S. 2018. From Nadyantaka to Pauṣṇa: compilation of stars catalogued in Sarvasiddhāntarāja, ''Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy'' 42 (2), 1-23
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|Sen, S. N. and Bag A. K. 1983. The Śulbasūtras, ''Indian National Science Academy''.
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|Shylaja (2012)
|Shylaja B. S. 2012. Asymmetric Vedis in Sulbasutras, ''Indian Journal of History of Sciences'', Vol 47.2: 271-280 <nowiki>http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol47_2_6_BSShylaja.pdf</nowiki>
|-
|Shylaja (2013)
|Shylaja B. S. 2013. Dakṣiṇagni in Śulbasūtras, ''Indian Journal of History of Sciences'', Vol 48.2: 279-289 <nowiki>https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol48_2_6_BSShylaja.pdf</nowiki>
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|Shylaja & Pai (2019)
|Shylaja & Pai (2019). Āpa and Apāṃvatsa – enigmatic stars catalogued in Sūryasiddhānta,  J. Astrophys. Astr 40:48 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-019-9614-1
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|Shylaja and Shubba (2024)
|Shylaja B S and Shubha B S (2024). A Unique Application Of The Observation Of Stars In Indian Astronomical Texts,  ''Journal for Astronomical History and Heritage,'' 27(3): 595-604 https://www.sciengine.com/JAHH/doi/10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2024.03.10
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|Sarma, S R, 2022
|Sarma, S.R. 2023. A descriptive catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments, Website:https://srsarma.in/catalogue.php
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|Subharayappa and Sarma (1985)
|Subbarayappa B. V. and Sarma K. V. 1985. ''Indian Astronomy - A Source Book'', Nehru Centre, Bombay (Mumbai)
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|Tilak (192
|Tilak, B. G. 1925, ''Vedic Chronology and Vedanga Jyotisa'', Tilak Publishers, Poona (Pune), India
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|Weber (1860-'62)
|Weber, A. 1860-1862. ''Die Vedischen Nachrichten von der Naxatra''. Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 2 Volumes.
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|Witzel (2007)
|Witzel, M. 2007. "Vedas and Upaniṣads", in G. Flood (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism, Blackwell, Oxford: 66-101. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470998694.ch4
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|Yano (2017)
|Yano, M. 2017. ‘The Nakṣatra System of the Atharvaveda-Pariśiṣṭa,’ Journal of Indian Studies 28/29: 65–74
|}
 
=== Indonesian Archipelago ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
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!Citation Form!!Bibliography
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|Maaß (1920/21)
|Alfred Maaß, "Sterne und Sternbilder im malaiïschen Archipel", ''Zeitschrift für Ethnologie'', '''52/53''' (1920/21), 38-63 [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23031518 JSTOR link]].
|-
|Maaß (1924 & 1926)
|Alfred Maaß, "Sternkunde und Sterndeuterei im malaiïschen Archipel", ''Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde'', '''64''' (1924), 1-172 & 347-460 [[https://kitlv-docs.library.leiden.edu/open/Metamorfoze/TBG/MMKITLV01_PDF_TS2332_1924_64.pdf KITLV link]] with a "Nachtrag" in ''ibid.'', '''66''' (1926), 618-670 [[https://kitlv-docs.library.leiden.edu/open/Metamorfoze/TBG/MMKITLV01_PDF_TS2332_1926_66.pdf KITVL link]].
|-
|Maaß (1932)
|Alfred Maaß, "Altjavanische Tierkreisbecher", ''Zeitschrift für Ethnologie'', '''64''' (1932), 105-112 [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/25839369 JSTOR link]].
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|Maaß (1933)
|Alfred Maaß, "Die Sterne im Glauben der Indonesier", ''Zeitschrift für Ethnologie'', '''65''' (1933), 264-303 [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/25839449 JSTOR link]].
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|Oudemans (1881)
|Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans, "Mededeeling betreffende de sterrenbeelden, wier hoogte boven den horizon, op een bepaald oogenblik van den nacht, door de Javanen ten behoeve van den landbouw geraadpleegd wordt", ''Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen'', Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Reeks, '''16''' (1881), 177-194 [[https://books.google.com/books?id=1jk-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA177 Google Books link]] -- also published as a separatum [[https://books.google.com/books?id=_iCC20ooLsgC Google Books link]].
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|Pannekoek (1919)
|Antonie Pannekoek, "Een merkwaardig Javaansch sterrenbeeld", ''Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde'', '''69''' (1929), 51-57 [[https://kitlv-docs.library.leiden.edu/open/Metamorfoze/TBG/MMKITLV01_PDF_TS2332_1929_69.pdf KITVL link]].
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|Schadee (1914)
|Schadee, Merie C., "De Tijdrekening bij de Landak-Dajaks in de Westerafdeeling van Borneo", ''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië'', '''69''' (1914), 130-139 [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/20769751 JSTOR link]].
|}
 
=== [[References (Lokono)|Lokono]] ===
The sources are compiled in separate pages.
 
=== Norse ===
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!Citation Form
!Bibliography
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|Beckman & Kålund (eds.) (1914–1916)
|Beckman, N. & Kålund, K. (eds.) (1914–1916) Alfræði íslenzk II: Rímtöl. Copenhagen: Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag.
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|Holmberg (2022)
|Holmberg, P. (2022) ‘Watching Star Wars with Viking Age Subtitles: An analysis of cohesion and coherence in the Rök runestone inscription’, Arkiv för nordisk filologi, 137, pp. 231–246. (Publication date: 2 May 2025).
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|Jonsson (1994)
|Jonsson, B. (1994) Star Myths of the Vikings: A New Concept of Norse Mythology. Swan River, Manitoba: The Author.
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|Krause (2010)
|Krause, A. (2010) Reclam’s Lexicon of Germanic Mythology and Heroic Legend. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun.
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|Lorenz (1984)
|Lorenz, G. (1984) Gylfaginning. Text, translation and commentary. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. (Texte zur Forschung, 48).
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|Persson (2017)
|Persson, J.R. (2017) Norse Constellations. ResearchGate. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15662.92483.
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|Sigurðsson  (2022)
|Sigurðsson, G. (2022) ‘How Gylfi’s Illusion Breathes Life into the Sky’, Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 74, pp. 231–246. DOI: 10.7146/rt.v74i.132105.
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|Sturluson (2017)
|Sturluson, S. (2017) The Edda of Snorri Sturluson. Translated by K. Simrock. Bibliographically updated edition. Stuttgart: Reclam.
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|Bjarnadóttir (2014)
|Bjarnadóttir, Kristín (2014). Calendars and currency - Embedded in Icelandic culture, nature, society and language. in: Evekyne Barbin, Uffe Thomas Jankvist, Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen (eds.) History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education, (ESU 7), At: Copenhagen, Volume online. printed in Aarhus DK, 605-627
|}
 
=== [[References (Samoan)|Samoan]] ===
The sources are compiled in separate pages.
 
=== [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|Early Modern]] ===
Secondary literature (modern authors who write about specific cases of identifications or constellation history) is [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|collected on a separate page]].
{| class="wikitable"
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|Lodewijcksz (1598)
|Lodewijcksz, Willem, ''D'eerste boeck. Historie van Indien, waer inne verhaelt is de avontueren die de Hollandtsche schepen bejeghent zijn ...: Daer by ghevoecht ... de conterfeytsels der inwoonderen'' (Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1598) [[https://books.google.com/books?id=SzNmAAAAcAAJ online link]] , [https://xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/images/4/42/Lodewijcksz_-The_Description_of_a_Voyage_made_by_certaine_Ships_of_Holland_into_the_East_Indies_%281598%29.pdf PDF].
 
Several partial or complete journals describing the events of the "[[wikipedia:First_Dutch_Expedition_to_the_East_Indies|Eerste Schipvaart]]" have been preserved - the journal of Willem Lodewijcksz, published in Amsterdam in April 1598, is generally considered to be the most important one.
 
Reprinted with copious notes in the first volume of:
 
*Rouffaer, Gerret Pieter & Ijzerman, Jan Willem (eds.), ''De Eerste Schipvaart der Nederlanders naar Oost-Indië onder Cornelis de Houtman, 1595-1597 : Journalen, documenten en andere bescheiden, uitgegeven en toegelicht'' (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1915--1929 [= ''Werken uitgegeven door de Linschoten-Vereeniging'', vols.&nbsp;VII, XXV & XXXII]), 3&nbsp;vols. [[https://archive.org/details/deeersteschipvaa01rouf/ Internet Archive link 1]] / [https://archive.org/details/deeersteschipvaa02rouf/ link 2]] / [https://archive.org/details/deeersteschipvaa03rouf/ link 3]].
 
Some of the other journals were already published in October 1597 by the Middelburg publisher Berent Langenes who issued revised and expanded editions in December 1597 and early 1598:
 
*Langenes, Barent (ed.), ''Iournael Vande Reyse der Hollandtsche Schepen ghedaen in Oost Indien, haer Coersen, Streckinghen ende vreemde avonturen die haer bejegent zijn'' (Middelburg: Barent Langenes, 1597) [[https://books.google.com/books?id=S-JjAAAAcAAJ online link of the 1598 edition]].
 
Contemporary translations, mainly based on the 1597/98 edition of Langenes, were published in English, German, Latin and French:
 
*German: Hulsius, Levinus (transl.), ''Kurtze Warhafftige Beschreibung der newen Reyse oder Schiffahrt, so die Hollendischen Schiff, in denn Orientalischen Indien; verricht : Welche Anno 1595. in Martio, Alda außgefahrn und erst im Augusto deß verlauffenen 1597 Jahrs, widerkommen seind. Darinne der gantz succes der Reyse, was sich täglich verlauffen und zugetragen, erzält wird'' (Nürnberg: Christoff Lochner, 1598) [[https://archive.org/details/kurtzewarhafftig00hout/ Internet Archive link]].
 
*English: Phillip, William (transl.), ''The Description of a voyage made by certaine Ships of Holland into the East Indies : With their adventures and successe : Together with the description of the Countries, Townes, and inhabitants of the same : Who set forth on the second of April 1595. and returned on the 14. of August, 1597'' (London: John Wolfe, 1598) [[:File:Lodewijcksz -The Description of a Voyage made by certaine Ships of Holland into the East Indies (1598).pdf |(pdf)]].
 
*Latin:
 
*French:
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|de Houtman (1603)
|De Houtman, Frederick, ''Spraeck ende woord-boeck inde Maleysche ende Madagaskarsche Talen, met vele Arabische ende Turcsche woorden ... : Noch zijn hier byghevoecht de declinatien van vele vaste sterren, staende omtrent den Zuyd-pool, voor desen tijdt noyt ghesien'' (Amsterdam: Jan Evertsz. Cloppenburgh, 1603) [[https://objects.library.uu.nl/reader/index.php?obj=1874-205055 online link]] (in Dutch).
 
Translations are available in:
*French (Marre 1881): Marre, Aristide, “Catalogue des étoiles circumpolaires australes observées dans l'Ile de Sumatra”, ''Bulletin sciences mathématiques et astronomiques'', '''1''' (1881), 336–352 [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1881BSMA....5..336H/abstract ADS link]].
*English (Knobel 1917): Knobel, Edward Ball, “On Frederick de Houtman's catalogue of southern stars, and the origin of the southern constellations”, ''Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society'', '''77''' (1917), 414–432 [[https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/77.5.414 doi link] / [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1917MNRAS..77..414K/abstract ADS link]] with errata in ''ibid.'', '''77''' (1917), 580 [[https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/77.8.580 doi link] / [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1917MNRAS..77..580K/abstract ADS link]].
*Spanish (Selga 1918/19): Selga, Miguel, "Un catálogo antiguo de estrellas australes", ''Revista de la Sociedad Astronómica de España y América'', '''8''' (1918), 84-90 & '''9''' (1919), 11, 44-46 & 62-63 [[https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/downloads/wgsn/selga_1918-1919.pdf online link]].
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In many cases, there is a very limited corpus of literature dealing with the identifications of constellations. In these cases, we give a list here (below); in case of huge amount of literature, we create an extra page and link it here.

Dictionaries and Tools

Historical Maps

Interactive digitals Maps and Globes

Standard References

Citation Form Bibliography
Barentine (2016) Barentine, John C. (2016). The Lost Constellations - A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore, Springer
Blume, Haffner, Metzger (2012/16) Blume, Dieter; Haffner, Mechthild and Metzger, Wolfgang, Der gemalte Himmel zwischen Wissenschaft und Phantasie. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012/ 2016)
  • Vol. 1 (2012). 800-1200 Sternbilder des Mittelalters.
  • Vol. 2 (2016). Sternbilder des Mittelalters und der Renaissance.
Delporte (1930) Delporte, Eugène, Délimitation scientifique des constellations (tables et cartes) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930) [online link] -- published on behalf of the International Research Council of the International Astronomical Union.
Dekker (2013) Dekker, Elly, Illustrating the Phaenomena: Celestial Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Oxford: Oxford University Press) ISBN 978-0-19-960969-7.
Gössmann (1950) Gössmann, Felix, Planetarium Babylonicum oder Die sumerisch-babylonischen Stern-Namen (Rome: Verlag des Päpstl. Bibelinstituts, 1950 [= Šumerisches Lexikon, Teil IV, Band 2]) [online link].
Hoffmann (2021) Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021
Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (2022) Hoffmann, Susanne M and Wolfschmidt, Gudrun (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy. Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021; Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, (Ahrensburg: tredition & Berlin:OpenScienceTechnology, 2022)
Kanas (2012, 2019) Kanas, Nick (2012, 2019). Star Maps. History, Artistry, and Cartography, Springer Science & Business Media, ISBN 1461409179, 9781461409175 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-13613-0.
Kurtik (2007) Куртик, Г.Е., Звездное небо Древней Месопотамии. Шумеро-аккадские названия созвездий и других светил [The Star Heaven of Ancient Mesopotamia: Sumero-Akkadian Names of Constellations and Other Heavenly Bodies] (St. Petersburg: Aletejja, 2007) [online link].
Ridpath (1988, 2018) Ridpath, Ian, Star Tales (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1988) ISBN 0-7188-2695-7 [Internet Archive link] -- a revised and expanded edition was published in 2018 [ISBN 978-07188-9478-8] -- online version on Ridpath's website.
Warner (1979) Warner, Deborah Jean, The Sky Explored: Celestial Cartography 1500-1800 (New York / Amsterdam: Alan R. Liss, Inc. / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1979) ISBN 90-221-2003-1.
Zotti et al. (2020). Zotti, Georg; Hoffmann, Susanne M.; Wolf, Alexander; Chéreau, Fabien & Chéreau, Guillaume, "The Simulated Sky: Stellarium for Cultural Astronomy Research", Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 6(2) (2020), 221--258 https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.17822.

Contemporary Star Name Literature

Allen (1899). Allen, Richard Hinckley (1899). Star Names - Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications, Inc., New York
Hoffmann et al. WGSN (2025a) Susanne M. Hoffmann, Doris Vickers, Eric Mamajek, Danielle Adams, Khalid AlAjaji, Juan Antonio Belmote Avilés, Cheung Sze-leung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, Beatriz García, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Ian Ridpath, Clive Ruggles, Yunli Shi, B.S. Shylaja, Xiaochun Sun, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Boshun Yang (2025): The IAU-Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): A Review of Recent Activities, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 28(1), 280–286.
Hoffmann et al. WGSN (2025b) Susanne M. Hoffmann,* Khalid AlAjaji, B.S. Shylaja, Yang Boshun, Danielle Adams, Eric Mamajek, Ian Ridpath, Paul Baki, Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, Sze-Leung Cheung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, M. Sadegh Faghanpour, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Clive Ruggles, Shi Yunli, Doris Vickers, Sun Xiaochun, and Hitoshi Yamaoka (2025). The IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): Research Finds in 2025. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 28(4), 1026–1038 (2025).
Kunitzsch and Smart (2006) Kunitzsch, Paul and Tim Smart (2006). A Dictionary of Modern Star Names. A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations., Sky and Telescope, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA (USA).
Rhoads (1971) Rhoads, Jack W. (1971). A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. NASA JPL CIT, Technical Memorandum 33-507, Pasadena, 15 November 1971

Library

Arabic

Adams (2018) Adams, Danielle, Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise, 2018
Adams (online) Two Deserts - One Sky, Univ. of Arizona
AlAjaji, Khalid (2021) al-Ṣūfī, Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUmar. Kitāb al-kawākib. Critical edition with commentary by Khalid al-Ajaji, digital edition 2021 (PDF)
Hafez (2010) Ihsan Hafez (2010). Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi and his book of the fixed stars: a journey of re-discovery, PhD Thesis, James Cook University (Australia) Publisher Website: https://doi.org/10.25903/6xsf-aa64
Kunitzsch (1961) Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz
Laffitte (2012) Roland Laffitte (2012), Le ciel des Arabes, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner
Laffitte (2025) Roland Laffitte (2025), Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots (online: URANOS.FR)
Laffitte (online) Laffitte: URANOS.FR https://uranos.fr/
al-Marzuqi (2002) Al-Marzūqī, Abū ʿAli Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥassan (died 1030), Al-Azminah wa al-Amkinah (Times and Places), (Arabic print of the original book in 2002, World of Books, Beirut, Lebanon)., الإمام أبو علي أحمد بن محمد بن الحسن المرزوقي (توفي سنة 421 هـ)، الأزمنة والأمكنة، تحقيق د. محمد نايف الدليمي، عالم الكتب، بيروت، لبنان، 1422 هـ.
ibn Qutayba (1956) Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallah b. Muslim. 1956. Kitāb al-anwāʾ (fī mawāsim al-ʿArab). Hyderabad: Maṭbaʿat Majlis Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmāniyya
as-Sufi (1981) al-Ṣūfī, Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUmar. 1981. Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thamāniya wa al-arbaʿīn. Beirut: Dār al-Āfāq al-Jadīda.

Babylonian

The dictionary of Babylonian celestial names had been compiled by G. Kurtik (2007) based on Gössmann (1950). Kurtik's version is much improved and enriched, however it has been reworked by himself until his death in April 2023 and further reworked and translated to English by the research group led by Wayne Horowitz and Susanne M. Hoffmann.

As we present them here, the references for the Babylonian Sky Culture are so rich that they need to go to another website.

Balinese

Citation Form Bibliography
Maas (1929) Maass, Alfred, “Astrologische Kalender der Balinesen,” in Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Feestbundel bij gelegenheid van zijn 150 jarig bestaan 1778-1928, 2 vols. (Weltevreden, 1929), Vol. 2, 126-157.
Palelintangan Museum Study Team (Tim Kajian Palelintangan Museum) (2021) Tim Kajian Palelintangan, Gabungan Kajian Palelintangan (Denpasar: Museum Bali, 2021), pp 1-149.
Rapini & Mayun (1979) Rapini, Nyoman & Mayun, Ida Bagus, Palalintangan Kalender Astronomi Bali Koleksi Museum Bali (Denpasar: Proyek Pengembangan Permuseuman Bali, 1979), pp 1-69.
Wikarman & Sutarya (2023) Wikarman, I Nyoman Singgin & Sutarya, I Gede, Wariga (Denpasar: Yayasan Wikarman, 2023).
Ardhana (2006) Ardhan, I.B. Suparta, Pokok-Pokok Wariga (Surabaya: PARAMITA, 2006).
Sanjaya (2016) Sanjaya, Putu, Hari Suci & Wariga Dewasa (Surabaya: PARAMITA, 2016).
Suhardana (2005) Suhardana, K.M., Babad Nyuhaya (Surabaya: PARAMITA, 2005)
Adiputra (2003) Adiputra, Gede Rudia, Pengetahuan Dasar Agama Hindu (Jakarta: Pustaka Jaya Mitra, 2003)
Wikarman & Sutarya (2005) Wikarman, I Nyoman Singgin & Sutarya, I Gede, Hari Raya Hindu Bali-India (Surabaya: PARAMITA, 2005).

Chinese

The rich literature is compiled at the separate page linked above; here are the main sources:

Citation Form Bibliography
Ho (1962) Peng-Yoke Ho, “Ancient And Mediaeval Observations of Comets and Novae in Chinese Sources,” Vistas in Astronomy, 5 (1962), 127-225 [ADS link].
Pan Nai (2009) Pān Nài [潘鼐], Zhōngguó Héngxīng Guāncè Shǐ [中国恒星观测史] (Shanghai: Xuélín Chūbǎnshè, 2009) [Internet Archive link] -- revised edition of a work first published in 1989.
Pan Nai & Wang De-chang (1981) Pān Nài [潘鼐] & Wang De-chang, “The Huang-You Star List of the Song Dynasty: A Chinese Star List of the Early Medieval Period”, Chinese Astronomy & Astrophysics, 5 (1981), 441-448 [ADS link] -– first published in Chinese in Acta Astronomica Sinica, 22 (1981), 107-119.
Pankenier (2013) Pankenier, David W., Astrology and Cosmology in Early China: Conforming Earth to Heaven (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013) ISBN 978-1-107-00672-0 -- the appendix [pp. 444-511] contains an English translation of Sīmǎ Qiān [司馬遷]'s "Treatise of the Celestial Offices" [chapter 27 of the Shǐjì [史記]] with the earliest comprehensive description of the Chinese constellations.
Rufus & Hsing-chih T'ien (1945) Rufus, Will Carl & Hsing-chih T'ien, The Soochow Astronomical Chart (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1945) [HathTtrust link].
Sun Xiaochun & Kistemaker (1997) Sun Xiaochun & Kistemaker, Jacob, The Chinese Sky during the Han: Constellating Stars and Society (Leiden [etc.]: Brill, 1997 [= Sinica Leidensia, vol. XXXVIII]) ISBN 90-04-10737-1.
Boshun Yang (2023) 杨伯顺, Zhongguo Chuantong Hengxing Guance Jingdu ji Xingguan Yanbian Yanjiu 中国传统恒星观测精度及星官演变研究 (A Research on the Accuracy of Chinese Traditional Star Observation and the Evolution of Constellations), PhD Dissertation, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei)

Egyptian

Citation Form Bibliography
Belmonte (2003) Belmonte, J. A., 2003. The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations. In M. Blomberg, P. E. Blomberg and G. Henriksson (Eds.), Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture (pp. 57–65). Uppsala Astronomical Observatory report, 59. Uppsala Ocarina Books.
Belmonte and Lull (2006) Belmonte, J.A. and Lull, J. (2006). A Firmament above Thebes: Uncovering the Constellations of Ancient Egyptians, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 37(4), online (SAGE) DOI:10.1177/002182860603700401
Belmonte and Lull (2023) Belmonte, Juan Antonio and Lull, José (2023). Astronomy of Ancient Egypt - A Cultural Perspective, Springer
Belmonte and Lull (2025) Belmonte, Juan Antonio and Lull, José (2025) Astronomía del Antiguo Egipto: Una perspectiva cultural, Editorial Dilema
Davis (1985) Davis, V. L., 1985. Identifying Ancient Egyptian Constellations. Journal of the History of Astronomy, 16, 102–104.
Graur (2024) Graur, O. (2024). The Ancient Egyptian Personification of the Milky Way as the Sky-Goddess Nut: An Astronomical and Cross-Cultural Analysis, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 27 (1), 28 - 45
Graur (2025) Graur, O. (2025). THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COSMOLOGICAL VIGNETTE: FIRST VISUAL EVIDENCE OF THE MILKY WAY AND TRENDS IN COFFIN DEPICTIONS OF THE SKY GODDESS NUT, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 28(1), 97–124
Hendi (2022) Hendi, M. (2022). The Ceilings in the eternal houses of ancient Egypt, International Design Journal, Volume 12, Issue 3, (May 2022)
Hoffmann (2022) Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Preliminary Observations on the Dendera Zodiac (Egypt). in: Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy, tredition Hamburg/ OpenScienceTechnology Berlin 524-541
Krauss (1997) Krauss, R. (1997). Astronomische Konzepte und Jenseitsvorstellungen in den Pyramidentexten,
Leitz (1995) Leitz, Ch., 1995. Altägyptische Sternuhren. OLA, 62. Leuven: Peeters.
Leitz (2006) Leitz, Ch. (2006). Die Sternbilder auf dem rechteckigen und runden Tierkreis von Dendara, Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur 34, 285-318
v. Lieven (2000) von Lieven, Alexandra (2000). Der Himmel über Esna: Eine Fallstudie zur Religiösen Astronomie in Ägypten am Beispiel der kosmologischen Decken- und Architravinschriften im Tempel von Esna (Ägyptologische Abhandlungen, Band 64), Harrassowitz
Locher (1985) Locher, K. (1985). Probable Identification of the Ancient Egyptian Circumpolar Constellations, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 16(9), https://doi.org/10.1177/002182868501600907
Locher (1990) Locher, K. (1990) The Ancient Egyptian Constellation Group “The Lion between the Two Crocodiles” and the Bird, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 21(15), (online)

DOI:10.1177/002182869002101505

Lull (2018) Lull, José (2018). Ancient Egyptian constellation of WjA (Boat) and its link to Sagittarius in the Ptolemaic and Roman era. Aula Orientalis 36/2, 257-277
Marshall (1989) Marshall Clagett (1989). Ancient Egyptian Science: Calendars, clocks, and astronomy. American Philosophical Society.
Neugebauer and Parker (1969) Neugebauer, O. and Parker, R. A., 1969. Egyptian Astronomical Texts, vol. III. Providence: Brown University.
Pogo (1930) Pogo, A. (1930). The Astronomical Ceiling-Decoration in the Tomb of Senmut (XVIIIth Dynasty), ISIS 14(2)
Quack, Joachim Quack, Joachim (2018). Astronomy in Ancient Egypt, Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World

Greco-Roman

The dictionary of Greco-Roman celestial names is compiled by members of the IAU WGSN.

The original sources are compiled in a separate page.

India

Citation Form Bibliography
Dikshit (1978) Dikshit, S.B. 1978. History of Astronomy. English translation of Bhartiya Jyotiṣa Sastra, Volume II, English translation by Vaidya R.V, New Delhi, Indian Meteorological Department.
Dikshit (1981) Dikshit, S.B. 1981. Bhāratīya Jyotish Śāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), vol. 2, New Delhi (First published in Marathi in 1896.)
Ivengar et al. (2019) Iyengar, R. N., Sudarshan H S and Anand Viswanathan 2019. Vṛddhagārgīya Jyotiṣa-2 , Tattwadīpaha XXV(2), 26-55, Melkote
Jones, H. (2022)
Jones (1790) Jones, W. 1790. 'On the antiquity of the Indian Zodiac', Asiatick Researches, 2: 289-306
Kulkami (1983) Kulkarni, R. P. 1983, Geometry According to Śulbasūtras, Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala, Pune
Mak (2019) Mak, B. 2019. Vedic Astral Lore and Planetary Science in the Gārgīyajyotiṣa. History of Science in South Asia. Edmonton, Canada: 52-71 https://doi.org/10.18732/HSSA.V7I0.42
Pai and Shylaja (2018) Pai R. V. and Shylaja, B. S. 2018. From Nadyantaka to Pauṣṇa: compilation of stars catalogued in Sarvasiddhāntarāja, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy 42 (2), 1-23
Sen, S. N. and Bag A. K. 1983. The Śulbasūtras, Indian National Science Academy.
Shylaja (2012) Shylaja B. S. 2012. Asymmetric Vedis in Sulbasutras, Indian Journal of History of Sciences, Vol 47.2: 271-280 http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol47_2_6_BSShylaja.pdf
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Shylaja & Pai (2019) Shylaja & Pai (2019). Āpa and Apāṃvatsa – enigmatic stars catalogued in Sūryasiddhānta, J. Astrophys. Astr 40:48 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-019-9614-1
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Indonesian Archipelago

Citation Form Bibliography
Maaß (1920/21) Alfred Maaß, "Sterne und Sternbilder im malaiïschen Archipel", Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 52/53 (1920/21), 38-63 [JSTOR link].
Maaß (1924 & 1926) Alfred Maaß, "Sternkunde und Sterndeuterei im malaiïschen Archipel", Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 64 (1924), 1-172 & 347-460 [KITLV link] with a "Nachtrag" in ibid., 66 (1926), 618-670 [KITVL link].
Maaß (1932) Alfred Maaß, "Altjavanische Tierkreisbecher", Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 64 (1932), 105-112 [JSTOR link].
Maaß (1933) Alfred Maaß, "Die Sterne im Glauben der Indonesier", Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 65 (1933), 264-303 [JSTOR link].
Oudemans (1881) Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans, "Mededeeling betreffende de sterrenbeelden, wier hoogte boven den horizon, op een bepaald oogenblik van den nacht, door de Javanen ten behoeve van den landbouw geraadpleegd wordt", Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Reeks, 16 (1881), 177-194 [Google Books link] -- also published as a separatum [Google Books link].
Pannekoek (1919) Antonie Pannekoek, "Een merkwaardig Javaansch sterrenbeeld", Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 69 (1929), 51-57 [KITVL link].
Schadee (1914) Schadee, Merie C., "De Tijdrekening bij de Landak-Dajaks in de Westerafdeeling van Borneo", Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië, 69 (1914), 130-139 [JSTOR link].

Lokono

The sources are compiled in separate pages.

Norse

Citation Form Bibliography
Beckman & Kålund (eds.) (1914–1916) Beckman, N. & Kålund, K. (eds.) (1914–1916) Alfræði íslenzk II: Rímtöl. Copenhagen: Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag.
Holmberg (2022) Holmberg, P. (2022) ‘Watching Star Wars with Viking Age Subtitles: An analysis of cohesion and coherence in the Rök runestone inscription’, Arkiv för nordisk filologi, 137, pp. 231–246. (Publication date: 2 May 2025).
Jonsson (1994) Jonsson, B. (1994) Star Myths of the Vikings: A New Concept of Norse Mythology. Swan River, Manitoba: The Author.
Krause (2010) Krause, A. (2010) Reclam’s Lexicon of Germanic Mythology and Heroic Legend. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun.
Lorenz (1984) Lorenz, G. (1984) Gylfaginning. Text, translation and commentary. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. (Texte zur Forschung, 48).
Persson (2017) Persson, J.R. (2017) Norse Constellations. ResearchGate. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15662.92483.
Sigurðsson (2022) Sigurðsson, G. (2022) ‘How Gylfi’s Illusion Breathes Life into the Sky’, Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 74, pp. 231–246. DOI: 10.7146/rt.v74i.132105.
Sturluson (2017) Sturluson, S. (2017) The Edda of Snorri Sturluson. Translated by K. Simrock. Bibliographically updated edition. Stuttgart: Reclam.
Bjarnadóttir (2014) Bjarnadóttir, Kristín (2014). Calendars and currency - Embedded in Icelandic culture, nature, society and language. in: Evekyne Barbin, Uffe Thomas Jankvist, Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen (eds.) History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education, (ESU 7), At: Copenhagen, Volume online. printed in Aarhus DK, 605-627

Samoan

The sources are compiled in separate pages.

Early Modern

Secondary literature (modern authors who write about specific cases of identifications or constellation history) is collected on a separate page.

Citation Form Bibliography
Lodewijcksz (1598) Lodewijcksz, Willem, D'eerste boeck. Historie van Indien, waer inne verhaelt is de avontueren die de Hollandtsche schepen bejeghent zijn ...: Daer by ghevoecht ... de conterfeytsels der inwoonderen (Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1598) [online link] , PDF.

Several partial or complete journals describing the events of the "Eerste Schipvaart" have been preserved - the journal of Willem Lodewijcksz, published in Amsterdam in April 1598, is generally considered to be the most important one.

Reprinted with copious notes in the first volume of:

  • Rouffaer, Gerret Pieter & Ijzerman, Jan Willem (eds.), De Eerste Schipvaart der Nederlanders naar Oost-Indië onder Cornelis de Houtman, 1595-1597 : Journalen, documenten en andere bescheiden, uitgegeven en toegelicht (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1915--1929 [= Werken uitgegeven door de Linschoten-Vereeniging, vols. VII, XXV & XXXII]), 3 vols. [Internet Archive link 1] / link 2] / link 3].

Some of the other journals were already published in October 1597 by the Middelburg publisher Berent Langenes who issued revised and expanded editions in December 1597 and early 1598:

  • Langenes, Barent (ed.), Iournael Vande Reyse der Hollandtsche Schepen ghedaen in Oost Indien, haer Coersen, Streckinghen ende vreemde avonturen die haer bejegent zijn (Middelburg: Barent Langenes, 1597) [online link of the 1598 edition].

Contemporary translations, mainly based on the 1597/98 edition of Langenes, were published in English, German, Latin and French:

  • German: Hulsius, Levinus (transl.), Kurtze Warhafftige Beschreibung der newen Reyse oder Schiffahrt, so die Hollendischen Schiff, in denn Orientalischen Indien; verricht : Welche Anno 1595. in Martio, Alda außgefahrn und erst im Augusto deß verlauffenen 1597 Jahrs, widerkommen seind. Darinne der gantz succes der Reyse, was sich täglich verlauffen und zugetragen, erzält wird (Nürnberg: Christoff Lochner, 1598) [Internet Archive link].
  • English: Phillip, William (transl.), The Description of a voyage made by certaine Ships of Holland into the East Indies : With their adventures and successe : Together with the description of the Countries, Townes, and inhabitants of the same : Who set forth on the second of April 1595. and returned on the 14. of August, 1597 (London: John Wolfe, 1598) (pdf).
  • Latin:
  • French:
de Houtman (1603) De Houtman, Frederick, Spraeck ende woord-boeck inde Maleysche ende Madagaskarsche Talen, met vele Arabische ende Turcsche woorden ... : Noch zijn hier byghevoecht de declinatien van vele vaste sterren, staende omtrent den Zuyd-pool, voor desen tijdt noyt ghesien (Amsterdam: Jan Evertsz. Cloppenburgh, 1603) [online link] (in Dutch).

Translations are available in:

  • French (Marre 1881): Marre, Aristide, “Catalogue des étoiles circumpolaires australes observées dans l'Ile de Sumatra”, Bulletin sciences mathématiques et astronomiques, 1 (1881), 336–352 [ADS link].
  • English (Knobel 1917): Knobel, Edward Ball, “On Frederick de Houtman's catalogue of southern stars, and the origin of the southern constellations”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 77 (1917), 414–432 [doi link / ADS link] with errata in ibid., 77 (1917), 580 [doi link / ADS link].
  • Spanish (Selga 1918/19): Selga, Miguel, "Un catálogo antiguo de estrellas australes", Revista de la Sociedad Astronómica de España y América, 8 (1918), 84-90 & 9 (1919), 11, 44-46 & 62-63 [online link].
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