The tool in question is an astrolabe, an ancient instrument used by sailors to figure out the sun's altitude during their ...

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 ...

Marine archaeologists say the object is an astrolabe, an instrument once used by mariners to measure the altitude of the Sun during their voyages. It is believed to date from between 1495 and 1500.

[Uri] has another video that goes over astrolabe basics and his design process that’s well worth watching too. While it’s nowhere near as complicated an instrument, this astrolabe puts us in ...

The astrolabe was a mathematical instrument which was used to carry out astronomical measurements, to calculate the positions of the sun and the stars, and to tell the time. This one was made in ...

What I'm holding is a portable model of the heavens, in the shape of an exquisite, circular brass instrument that looks a bit like a large brass pocket watch, and it's called an astrolabe.

The astronomical instrument ... Dr. Federica Gigante ... Dr. Gigante first came across a newly uploaded image of the astrolabe by chance on the website of the Fondazione Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo.

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 measured ...

What I'm holding is a portable model of the heavens, in the shape of an exquisite, circular brass instrument that looks a bit like a large brass pocket watch, and it's called an astrolabe.

Al-Khujandi's original astrolabe, considered to be one of the most important surviving astronomical instruments in the world, is part of the prized artifacts of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha ...