ASTROLABE

Ancient Surveying Instrument

JIMENEZ, KRISTINE D.
GALLARDO, ZESRA P.
GALLARDO, MARK JOSHUA C.
ASTROLABE
Astrolabe is a Greek word that
means “to take a star” or “star
taker.”
Portable wooden or metal
astronomical instrument which is
used to measure the positions and
altitudes of celestial bodies, to find
the observer's time or latitude, or to
solve other mathematical problems
 Primarily invented by the
ancient Greeks in 225 BCE by
Apollonius based on the
theories and the findings of
Hipparchus.
The Arab astronomer Al-
Battani (Albatenius) was the
Astrolabe first scientist to establish the
mathematical background of
History the astrolabes.
 ASTROLABE AS SURVEYING
EQUIPMET
Used as a
mathematical
measuring
instrument for
surveying purposes.
By measuring the
angle, the height of a
building could be
calculated.
 Archeology
Ring: Used to suspend the astrolabe, typically from the thumb
Mater: The astrolabe body, so-named from the Latin word for
“mother” because it holds all the tympans (plates) within itself

Tympan: An inner plate engraved with one or more

projections of the sky for particular latitudes

Rete: Named from the Latin word for “net,” this pierced disk is
a map of the sky. It is a stereographic projection of the great
celestial circles and stars

Rule: An index for lining up points on the ecliptic and outer

scales on the mater in order to read the astrolabe.
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