Al-Battani Star System

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The star system Al-Battani in Starfield is named after the eponymous Arab astronomer.

Al-Battānī, also known as Albategnius in Latin, was an eminent Arab astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer who lived during the Islamic Golden Age. His full name was Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battānī. He was born around 858 CE in Harran, which is present-day Turkey, and died in 929 CE.

Al-Battānī is best known for his monumental work on astronomy and trigonometry, titled "Kitab az-Zij" or "The Book of Astronomical Tables." In this work, he corrected many of Ptolemy's findings and presented improved calculations for the solar year, the lunar month, and the inclination of the ecliptic, among other astronomical phenomena.

In mathematics, he introduced the use of sine and cosine in calculations, and his work laid the groundwork for later developments in trigonometry in the Islamic world and, eventually, in Europe. Al-Battānī's contributions were highly influential, and his works were later translated into Latin and used as reference by European scholars during the Renaissance.