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  2. Astrology: Free Natal Chart (Horoscope) from Astrolabe, the leader in automated birth chart reports, relationship reports, and transit and progressed horoscope reports.

  3. Astrolabe - Wikipedia

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    An astrolabe (Greek: ἀστρολάβος astrolábos, 'star-taker'; Arabic: ٱلأَسْطُرلاب al-Asṭurlāb; Persian: ستاره‌یاب Setāreyāb) is an astronomical instrument dating to ancient times. It serves as a star chart and physical model of visible heavenly bodies.

  4. Astrolabe | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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    astrolabe, any of a type of early scientific instrument used for reckoning time and for observational purposes. One widely employed variety, the planispheric astrolabe, enabled astronomers to calculate the position of the Sun and prominent stars with respect to both the horizon and the meridian.

  5. Astrolabe - World History Encyclopedia

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    The Astrolabe is an astronomical instrument used from around the 6th century to measure time and position by determining the altitude of heavenly bodies like the Sun and certain stars.

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  7. The Astrolabe: How to Make One and Understanding Its Use

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    What Is an Astrolabe? The mariner's astrolabe was developed over two thousand years ago. It was an instrument of navigation used to measure celestial altitude. Celestial altitude is the relative "height" of a star, planet, or other celestial object above the horizon. Why would "celestial altitude" be important to ancient mariners?

  8. The astrolabe is a projection of a celestial sphere, with a graduated circumference and a needle, with a point of sight that rotates around it. Normally, it focuses on the star, by the object’s sorbet, and another person has to read the string number on the astrolabe’s scale.

  9. Astrolabes and their uses | Britannica

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    astrolabe, Type of early scientific instrument used for reckoning time and for observational purposes. Astrolabes can be traced to the 6th century ad; they came into wide use in Europe and the Islamic world in the early Middle Ages and were adopted by mariners by the mid-15th century.

  10. Astrolabe - History Tools

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    An intricate astronomical instrument invented in Ancient Greece around 150 BC. Enabled measurements of celestial objects like stars and planets. Used to tell time, determine latitude and longitude, and perform astronomical calculations. Revolutionary navigation aid that utilized star positions to find one‘s position at sea.

  11. Astrolabe - Universe Today

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    An astrolabe is an ancient tool used in solving problems that involve time and the position of the Sun and stars. Astrolabes can be used in timekeeping, surveying, geography, and astronomy to...