Astrolabe_(disambiguation)

Astrolabe (disambiguation)

Astrolabe (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term


Astronomy

An astrolabe (as the word is used from the medieval period through today) is the name of a specific astronomical instrument.

Prior to that, "astrolabe" was an adjective in ancient times describing any tool made for taking the position of stars, for instance by Ptolemy in the Almagest.[1][2]

Astrolabe may also refer to:

Places

  • Astrolabe Bay, a large body of water off the northern coast Papua New Guinea
  • Astrolabe Island, an island in the Bransfield Strait, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica
  • Astrolabe Lake, a lake in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
  • Astrolabe Reef, a reef located off the port of Tauranga, New Zealand

Other uses

See also


References

  1. Ptolemaeus, Claudius (1998). Ptolemy's Almagest (1. Princeton paperback printing ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 9780691002606.
  2. Neugebauer, Otto (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy: Part Two; Book III: Egypt; Book IV: Early Greek Astronomy; Book V: Astronomie during the Roman Imperial Period and. Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer. p. 871. ISBN 978-3540069959.

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