Abstract Details
| Name: Shylaja B S Affiliation: Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru Conference ID: ASI2016_564 Title : Star Catalogue from texts on Indian Astronomy Authors and Co-Authors : Venketeshwara Pai R School of EEE, SASTRA University, Thanjavur - 613401 Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Stars, The Milky Way Galaxy and its neighbours Abstract : It is well known that the 27 nakshatra system was used in India for the purpose of fixing the positions of the sun, moon and the planets. After several attempts these 27 stars have been identified in the sky though there is some ambiguity on the fainter ones. Here we have compiled all the bright stars listed in various texts; Suryasiddhantha onwards up to Siddhantha Darpana of Chandrashekhara Samantha totalling to about 100. The study reveals that a scale similar to the magnitude scale of brightness also was in vogue. The coordinates listed along with the stars help in fixing the epoch; the names like “Yesu nakshatram†reveal the influence of Arabic and European texts. The names used by fishermen, not listed in the Sanskrit texts are also included in the compilation. |