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What constellations looked like in 818 AD; from a manuscript that is almost 1200 years ago.

This manuscript is so old, algebra wasn’t discovered yet. (Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī will discover it in 820 AD)

From Sammlung astronomisch-komputistischer und naturwissenschaftlicher Texte - BSB Clm 210

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