Abdul Rahman Al-Sufi itu apa sih?

Abdul Rahman Al-Sufi () adalah astronom berkebangsaan Persia yang juga dikenal sebagai 'Abdul Rahman Abu Al-Husain, 'Abdul Rahman Sufi, atau 'Abdurrahman Sufi, dan pada Dunia Barat dikenal sebagai Azophi dan Azophi Arabus. Al-Sufi menerbitkan buku berjudul Kitab Bintang Tetap pada tahun 964. Al-Biruni melaporkan penelitian Al-Sufi pada ekliptika dilakukan di Shiraz. Dia tinggal di istana Buwaihi di Isfahan.<ref>Al-Qifti. Ikhbar al-'ulama' bi-akhbar al-hukama ("History of Learned Men"). In: Άbdul-Ramān al-Şūfī and his Book of the Fixed Stars: A Journey of Re-discovery by Ihsan Hafez, Richard F. Stephenson, Wayne Orchiston (2011). In: Orchiston, Wayne, Highlighting the history of astronomy in the Asia-Pacific region: proceedings of the ICOA-6 conference. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. New York: Springer. . "... is the honored, the perfect, the most intelligent and the friend of the King Adud al-Dawla Fanakhasru Shahenshah Ibn Buwaih. He is the author of the most honored books in the science of astronomy. He was originally from Nisa and is of a Persian descent."</ref>