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What is a planisphere?

What is a planisphere? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any representation of part of a sphere on a plane surface
  2. (astronomy) Any of several charts of the celestial sphere having an overlay or window that may be adjusted to show the stars visible at a particular time, or from a particular place
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Like on a planisphere, seas, oceans and land look so pure and beautiful, that they seem like crystal.
Out of this flat tropical planisphere rises a series four man-made mountain peaks, each echoed by a ripple of lesser man-made hillocks.
On the third floor of the Paris Observatory Cassini had laid out a planisphere, a map of the World using an azimuthal projection with the North Pole at the centre.
A planisphere helps you find which stars and planets are over your head on any given night.
Try the planisphere activity on this site to identify the stars and constellations that are visible at different times of the year in Canada.
The World: the reconstitution of a planisphere by a network of islands on which top of the range housing is to be built.

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