skymap

plural skymaps

1. astronomyAny of several charts or maps, similar to a star chart, that show the distribution of some particular, measurable parameter (such as microwave radiation, temperature etc).
2. astronomyA map of the night sky used to identify and locate astronomical objects such as stars, constellations and galaxies.

   So this article will review what is now known of Mesopotamian sky-maps, and to what extent they were passed on to the western world.

   1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 9, column 1