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From the first moment intervening clouds obscured the beauty of the overhead stars, our ancestral sky watchers created pictures and maps to represent the heavens. For some, precise star positions were needed for navigation and wayfinding.
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Slater, T.F., Tatge, C.B. (2017). Astronomy Education Research in the Planetarium. In: Research on Teaching Astronomy in the Planetarium. SpringerBriefs in Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57202-4_1
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