astronomy without a telescope of
- Alfirk is written as Alphirk
- Arrakis is written as El Rakis
- Eltanin is written as Etanin
- Errai (Gamma Cephei) is written as Er Rai
- Caph is written as Chaph
- Giausar is written as Giansar
- Polaris is written as Pole Star and Alruccabah
- The object marked Neb is at the position of Messier 97
- Mauritania (Wikipedia)
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-Islāmīyah al-Mūrītānīyah), is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest. By land area Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and 28th-largest in the world; 90% of its territory is in the Sahara. Most of its population of some 4.3 million lives in the temperate south of the country, with roughly a third concentrated in the capital and largest city, Nouakchott, on the Atlantic coast.