Database: Astronomical Instruments - Revision history

imported>Soranin at 21:03, 22 December 2025

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	Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] [[scholar]]s improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.		Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] [[scholar]]s improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.

	The most important, and perhaps the most long-lived, was the {{Wiki\|astrolabe}}. It was created in the third century BCE by [[Greece\|Greek]] astronomers as a way to "hold the universe in the palm of your hand". An astrolabe is indeed an engraved circle representing the stars rotating (in the Pre-[[Nicolaus Copernicus\|Copernican]] {{Wiki\|~~Geocentric model~~\|geocentric}} thinking of the time) around the [[Earth]]. A circle in the middle of an astrolabe represents the user, set on a line that represents the horizon. Various points indicate known stars. From the eighth century onwards, Abbasid astronomers improved the astrolabe by adcing elements for deciphering the date and tour of the day, or other engraved disks pointing to the stars that could be seen at different latitudes for use by travellers.		The most important, and perhaps the most long-lived, was the {{Wiki\|astrolabe}}. It was created in the third century BCE by [[Greece\|Greek]] astronomers as a way to "hold the universe in the palm of your hand". An astrolabe is indeed an engraved circle representing the stars rotating (in the Pre-[[Nicolaus Copernicus\|Copernican]] {{Wiki\|Geocentrism\|geocentric}} thinking of the time) around the [[Earth]]. A circle in the middle of an astrolabe represents the user, set on a line that represents the horizon. Various points indicate known stars. From the eighth century onwards, Abbasid astronomers improved the astrolabe by adcing elements for deciphering the date and tour of the day, or other engraved disks pointing to the stars that could be seen at different latitudes for use by travellers.

	This apparatus had many uses: determining the time of rising and setting of the [[sun]] and stars, calculating the height of buildings or the length of river crossings, and finding {{Wiki\|Salah times\|prayer time}} or the direction of {{Wiki\|Mecca}}. Abbasid astronomers found hundreds, if not thousands, of different ways to use this handy instrument!		This apparatus had many uses: determining the time of rising and setting of the [[sun]] and stars, calculating the height of buildings or the length of river crossings, and finding {{Wiki\|Salah times\|prayer time}} or the direction of {{Wiki\|Mecca}}. Abbasid astronomers found hundreds, if not thousands, of different ways to use this handy instrument!
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	{{DEFAULTSORT:Astronomical Instruments}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Astronomical Instruments}}

imported>Soranin at 00:43, 5 January 2024

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	[[File:ACMir 9th century Astrolabe.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Astrolabe / 9th century, North Africa]]		[[File:ACMir 9th century Astrolabe.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Astrolabe / 9th century, North Africa]]
	Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] [[scholar]]s improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.		Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] [[scholar]]s improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.

imported>Lady Kyashira at 04:44, 5 November 2023

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	~~{{Imageneed\|~~[[~~Assassin's Creed~~: ~~Mirage~~]]}}		[[File:ACMir 9th century Astrolabe.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Astrolabe / 9th century, North Africa]]
	Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] [[scholar]]s improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.		Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] [[scholar]]s improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.

imported>Darman36 at 04:48, 8 October 2023

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	Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, Abbasid ~~scholars~~ improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.		Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] [[scholar]]s improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.

	The most important, and perhaps the most long-lived, was the astrolabe. It was created in the third century BCE by Greek astronomers as a way to "hold the universe in the palm of your hand". An astrolabe is indeed an engraved circle representing the stars rotating (in the Pre-Copernican geocentric thinking of the time) around the Earth. A circle in the middle of an astrolabe represents the user, set on a line that represents the horizon. Various points indicate known stars. From the eighth century onwards, Abbasid astronomers improved the astrolabe by adcing elements for deciphering the date and tour of the day, or other engraved disks pointing to the stars that could be seen at different latitudes for use by travellers.		The most important, and perhaps the most long-lived, was the {{Wiki\|astrolabe}}. It was created in the third century BCE by [[Greece\|Greek]] astronomers as a way to "hold the universe in the palm of your hand". An astrolabe is indeed an engraved circle representing the stars rotating (in the Pre-[[Nicolaus Copernicus\|Copernican]] {{Wiki\|Geocentric model\|geocentric}} thinking of the time) around the [[Earth]]. A circle in the middle of an astrolabe represents the user, set on a line that represents the horizon. Various points indicate known stars. From the eighth century onwards, Abbasid astronomers improved the astrolabe by adcing elements for deciphering the date and tour of the day, or other engraved disks pointing to the stars that could be seen at different latitudes for use by travellers.

	This apparatus had many uses: determining the time of rising and setting of the sun and stars, calculating the height of buildings or the length of river crossings, and finding prayer time or the direction of Mecca. Abbasid astronomers found hundreds, if not thousands, of different ways to use this handy instrument!		This apparatus had many uses: determining the time of rising and setting of the [[sun]] and stars, calculating the height of buildings or the length of river crossings, and finding {{Wiki\|Salah times\|prayer time}} or the direction of {{Wiki\|Mecca}}. Abbasid astronomers found hundreds, if not thousands, of different ways to use this handy instrument!
	[[Category:Database: Art and Science]]		[[Category:Database: Art and Science]]
	{{DEFAULTSORT:Astronomical Instruments}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Astronomical Instruments}}

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Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, Abbasid scholars improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.

The most important, and perhaps the most long-lived, was the astrolabe. It was created in the third century BCE by Greek astronomers as a way to "hold the universe in the palm of your hand". An astrolabe is indeed an engraved circle representing the stars rotating (in the Pre-Copernican geocentric thinking of the time) around the Earth. A circle in the middle of an astrolabe represents the user, set on a line that represents the horizon. Various points indicate known stars. From the eighth century onwards, Abbasid astronomers improved the astrolabe by adcing elements for deciphering the date and tour of the day, or other engraved disks pointing to the stars that could be seen at different latitudes for use by travellers.

This apparatus had many uses: determining the time of rising and setting of the sun and stars, calculating the height of buildings or the length of river crossings, and finding prayer time or the direction of Mecca. Abbasid astronomers found hundreds, if not thousands, of different ways to use this handy instrument!
[[Category:Database: Art and Science]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Astronomical Instruments}}

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	~~{{Spoilerhd\|05 January 2024\|[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]}}~~
	[[File:ACMir 9th century Astrolabe.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Astrolabe / 9th century, North Africa]]		[[File:ACMir 9th century Astrolabe.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Astrolabe / 9th century, North Africa]]
	Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] [[scholar]]s improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.		Long before the invention of the telescope, ancient civilizations developed ways to chart the heavens. Building on their knowledge, [[Abbasid Caliphate\|Abbasid]] [[scholar]]s improved their methods and created instruments still in use today.