Building a Model Astrolabe

Details Building a Model Astrolabe Building a Model Astrolabe

2012-02-07

arxiv.org/abs/1202.2005v1

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 122, 33 (February 2012)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

17 pages; 4 figures

Scientific paper

This paper presents a hands-on introduction to the medieval astrolabe, based around a working model which can be constructed from photocopies of the supplied figures. As well as describing how to assemble the model, I also provide a brief explanation of how each of its various parts might be used. The printed version of this paper includes only the parts needed to build a single model prepared for use at latitudes around 52{\deg}N, but an accompanying electronic file archive includes equivalent images which can be used to build models prepared for use at any other latitude. The vector graphics scripts used to generate the models are also available for download, allowing customised astrolabes to be made.

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