Astrolabe: History The Astrolabe (Greek: ἀστρολάβος astrolabos, from astron (star) and lambanein (to take), i.e. star-taker) is a sophisticated inclinometer (a device used to measure ...

The University of Sharjah hosted an astrolabe workshop in which western scientists showed participants how an astronomical instrument made by an ancient Muslim scholar nearly 1,000 years ago ...

Object Details Description The astrolabe is an astronomical calculating device used from ancient times into the eighteenth century. The openwork piece on the front, called the rete, is a star map of ...

Hidden in a museum’s archives for decades, an ancient astrolabe recently got a closer evaluation in which experts discovered that etched inscriptions on the device showed signs of scientific ...

Prof. Hogendijk's interest in Islamic astrolabes goes back to 1988 when he started holding "interactive astrolabe workshops. I chose an old Islamic astrolabe, for example, a Yemeni astrolabe from the ...

The astrolabe is an astronomical calculating device used from ancient times into the eighteenth century. Measuring the height of a star using the alidade on the back of the instrument, and knowing the ...