starscapen.
/ˈstɑːskeɪp/, U.S. /ˈstɑrˌskeɪp/ A view of the stars visible in (a particular part of) the sky. Also figurative and in extended use.
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1883 Eclectic Mag. Apr. 518/1 What we now know of the wonders of the star depths may be as utterly insignificant compared with what is, as is the starscape seen and estimated by the eye compared with the galaxy revealed by the great Herschelian gauging telescopes.
1926 S. Leslie Cantab (ed. 2) xiii. 163 He stared through the window at the Sussex star-scape.
1968 A. C. Clarke 2001: Space Odyssey xliv. 210 The scurrying flecks of light no longer moved across the redly-glowing starscape still thousands of miles below.
1987 N. Spinrad Little Heroes (1989) 156 The vast nightscape of Los Angeles spread out before her, a fantastic electric starscape that made the stellar display above seem pallid indeed.
2004 G. Misiroglu & D. A. Roach Superhero Bk. 440/2 In the editorial pool of DC Comics, space heroes dotted DC's publishing starscape of the 1950s.
2008 Asimov's Sci. Fiction Apr. 68 The transparent ceiling reveals a magnificent starscape, and we stand beneath it in entranced awe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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