star-map

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star-map (plural star-maps)

  1. A map detailing the distribution of prominent stars in the night sky.
    • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 32:
      Here Virgo the constellation is represented, as in our star-maps, by a woman with a spike of corn in her hand (Spica).