The planisphere: a brief historical review

Details The planisphere: a brief historical review The planisphere: a brief historical review

Feb 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jbaa..105...35h&link_type=abstract

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.105, no.1, p.35-39

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Historical: Planisphere, Astrolabe

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Planispheres usually consist of two circular discs of cardboard or plastic. The lower one shows a circular map of the sky and is free to spin about a small bolt placed through either the north or the south celestial pole. The upper disc contains an oval-shaped window that allows that portion of the heavens visible from a specific spot on Earth, at a specific time, to be segregated from the map. This paper investigates their design and origins and traces their development through recent astronomical history.

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