Astronomical tradition · 800 CE – 1500 CE
Islamic Golden Age Astronomy
History of Astronomy
Overview
Astronomers across the medieval Islamic world preserved, corrected, and extended Greek and Indian astronomy. They built great observatories, refined observational instruments, compiled precise star catalogues and tables (zij), and gave us much of our star nomenclature.
Astronomers
Publications
Knowledge connections
- ContainsAl-Battani
- ContainsAl-Sufi
- ContainsNasir al-Din al-Tusi
- ContainsUlugh Beg
- ContainsBook of Fixed Stars
- ContainsZij-i-Sultani
Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica
General reference for the history of astronomy, biographies, and cultural context.
- IAUInternational Astronomical Union
Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.