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An astrolabe () is an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, determining local time given local latitude and vice-versa, surveying, triangulation, and to cast horoscopes. It was used in classical antiquity, through the Islamic Golden Age, the European Middle Ages and Renaissance for all these purposes. In the Islamic world, it was also used to calculate the Qibla and to find the times for Salah, prayers.
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- Related: Antikythera mechanism, Armillary sphere, Astrarium, Astronomical clock, Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant, Cosmolabe, Equatorium, Hypatia, Islamic astronomy, Marshall Islands stick chart, Orrery, Philippe Danfrie, Planetarium, Planisphere, Prague Orloj, Sextant (astronomical), Sharafeddin Tusi, Torquetum
| paper astrolabe generator, from the ESO paper astrolabe generator, from the ESO www.eso.org/~ohainaut/bin/astrolabe.cgi - Web |
| "Hello World!" for the Astrolabe: The First Comput... "Hello World!" for the Astrolabe: The First Computer blip.tv/file/2260323 - Web |
| Video of Tom Wujec demonstrating an astrolabe. Video of Tom Wujec demonstrating an astrolabe. www.ted.com/.../tom_wujec_demos_the_13th_century_astrolabe.html - Web |
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| The Astrolabe The Astrolabe www.astrolabes.org - Web |
| A working model of the Dr. Ludwig Oechslin's Astro... A working model of the Dr. Ludwig Oechslin's Astrolabium Galileo Galilei watch www.rogivue.com/xoops/modules/news/article.php?storyid=13 - Web |
| Ulysse Nardin Astrolabium Galilei Galileo: A Detai... Ulysse Nardin Astrolabium Galilei Galileo: A Detailed Explanation www.rogivue.com/xoops/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14 - Web |
| Fully illustrated online catalogue of world's larg... Fully illustrated online catalogue of world's largest collection of astrolabes www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/astrolabe/ - Web |
| Gerbert d'Aurillac's use of the Astrolabe Gerbert d'Aurillac's use of the Astrolabe mathdl.maa.org/.../?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=1187&bodyId=1326 - Web |
| Mobile astrolabe and horologium Mobile astrolabe and horologium www.myastrolabe.org - Web |
