敦煌中国星空：综合研究迄今发现最古老的星图(上)

The Dunhuang Chinese Sky:A comprehensive study of the oldest known atlas(Part Ⅰ)

本文主要分析考古学家奥雷尔.斯坦因1907年在中国敦煌所得的中世纪中国星图手卷。文章从经卷本身材质——薄纸和墨描的历史开始展开论述,分析了每张星图(共1339颗星,257个星官)中的星以及释文,进而考证了图中所绘最亮星(1.5-4°)位置的精确度以及所用的投影法。

This article tries to analyzing a ancient Chinese scroll in paper of star atlas from Dunhuang in the Stein Collections： Or. 8210/S. 3326. The study began with a careful analysis the usage of ink and paper and goes further to explaining the stars and transcription on every set of sky maps（ including 1339 stars and 257 figurine） ,testifying the brightest star＇s（1.5 -4°） exactly angle and a projective drawing.