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Hoshi Stars星

The stars you can see without a telescope, with names, colours and distances; the 88 constellations with their lines and boundaries; the Messier objects; and seven map projections to draw them on.

Hoshi is the Japanese word 星 for a star. About the name

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The traditional Japanese sky: 昴 Subaru, 北斗七星, 鼓星 and other old names and figures, with readings

import { … } from "@johnmorrisdotca/hoshi-stars/cultures/japanese";

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NameKindWhat it is
japaneseconstantThe Japanese sky as a culture: the 88 constellations by their Japanese names, then the traditional figures.

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