Islamic spherical astrolabe, 1480-1481
Iran/Persia, Asia
by Mūsa
Inscription: "Work of Musa. Year 885", on the sphere.
Oxford, Museum of the History of Science
Astrolabes show the heavenly vault on a flat surface. This is the only complete example of a spherical astrolabe to have come down to us. The rete records the positions of 19 fixed stars.
Source: brunelleschi.imss.fi.it
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