Definition of "uranography" [u•ra•nog•ra•phy]

• The branch of astronomy concerned with mapping the stars, galaxies, or other celestial bodies. (noun)

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• "Given a clear atmosphere, and a little stimulus to the will from our love of truth and science, and the geography of the Heavens, or "uranography," will soon be as familiar to us as the geography of our terrestrial atom."
• "This branch of practical astronomy is termed "uranography" by moderns; its utility is very considerable; thus and thus only can we particularize the individual stars of which we wish to speak; thus and thus only can we retain in our memory the general arrangement of the stars and their positions relatively to each other."
• "Neither the former nor the latter doctrine, however, is found in the fantastic uranography of the magician."