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This template is part of series of templates, which are used as building blocks of Wikipedia:Picture of the day display templates. They are used to indirectly extract information from parameters, which are saved in subpages of Template:POTD.
| Template | Via parameter | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{POTD image}} | |image= |
Book of the Fixed Stars Auv0333 Orion.jpg |
Filename of the picture. |
| {{POTD size}} | |size= |
250 |
Preferred size of the picture. It is 300 by default.
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| {{POTD title}} | |title= |
The Book of Fixed Stars | A short text, describing the picture, often a wikilink. |
| {{POTD texttitle}} | |texttitle= |
The Book of Fixed Stars | A short text, describing the picture without wikilinks. |
| {{POTD caption}} | |caption= |
The Book of Fixed Stars (Arabic: كتاب صور الكواكب kitāb suwar al-kawākib, literally The Book of the Shapes of Stars) is an astronomical text written by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) around 964. Following the Graeco-Arabic translation movement in the 9th century AD, the book was written in Arabic, the common language for scholars across the vast Islamic territories, although the author himself was Persian. It was an attempt to create a synthesis of the comprehensive star catalogue in Ptolemy's Almagest (books VII and VIII) with the indigenous Arabic astronomical traditions on the constellations (notably the Arabic constellation system of the Anwā'). The original manuscript no longer survives as an autograph, however, the Book of Stars has survived in later-made copies. This image from the book shows the constellation of Orion, in mirror image as if on a celestial globe, and is from a copy in the Bodleian Library dated to the 12th century AD. | A long text, describing the picture. Usually it is a blurb from the linked Wikipedia article. |
| {{POTD credit}} | |credit= |
Ilustration credit: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi | Credit for the picture. |
| {{POTD thumb}} | |thumb= |
None | Thumbnail for the picture. Used for animations. |
See also
[edit]- For examples of usage of these parts, see Category:POTD display templates and Category:POTD layout templates.
- For more detailed description of the parameters used by POTD templates, see Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines § Template parameters and Template:POTD/doc.