Ancient Celestial Spheres from Greece

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Aug 2006

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RECENT ADVANCES IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS: 7th International Conference of the Hellenic Astronomical Society. AIP Conferenc

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Astronomical And Space-Research Instrumentation, Observatories And Site Testing

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We present several ancient celestial spheres from the 8th century B.C. found throughout Greece, mainly in Thessaly, at the temple of Itonia Athena, but also in Olympia and other places. These celestial spheres have an axis, equator and several meridians and they have several markings with the symbol of stars (today's symbol for the Sun) $\odot$. Such instruments could have been used to measure the time, the latitude of a location, or the coordinates of stars.

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