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AstronomicalInstruments

Astrolabe Anastrolabeisanelaborateinclinometer,historicallyusedby
astronomers,navigators,andastrologers.
ItsmanyusesincludelocatingandpredictingthepositionsoftheSun,
Moon,planets,andstars,determininglocaltimegivenlocallatitude
andviceversa,surveying,triangulation,andtocasthoroscopes.

Antikythera TheAntikytheramechanismisanancientanalogcomputerdesigned
mechanism topredictastronomicalpositionsandeclipsesforcalendricaland
astrologicalpurposes,aswellasthecyclesofOlympicGames.

Armillarysphere Anarmillarysphereisamodelofobjectsinthesky(inthecelestial
sphere),consistingofasphericalframeworkofrings,centeredon
Earth,thatrepresentlinesofcelestiallongitudeandlatitudeandother
astronomicallyimportantfeaturessuchastheecliptic.

Celestialglobe Asmoothspherewhoseprincipalpurposeistomapthe
constellations.

Celestialsphere Thecelestialsphereisanimaginarysphereofarbitrarilylargeradius,
concentricwithaparticularcelestialbody.Allobjectsintheobserver's
skycanbethoughtofasprojectedupontheinsidesurfaceofthe
celestialsphere,asifitweretheundersideofadomeora
hemisphericalscreen.
Thecelestialsphereisapracticaltoolforsphericalastronomy,
allowingobserverstoplotpositionsofobjectsintheskywhentheir
distancesareunknownorunimportant.

Nebraskydisk TheNebraskydiskisabronzediskofaround30cmdiameteranda
weightof2.2kg,withabluegreenpatinaandinlaidwithgold
symbols.
Theseareinterpretedgenerallyasasunorfullmoon,alunar
crescent,andstars.Twogoldenarcsalongthesides,markingthe
anglebetweenthesolstices,wereaddedlater.Afinaladditionwas
anotherarcatthebottomsurroundedwithmultiplestrokes.
TheNebraSkyDiscfeaturestheoldestconcretedepictionofthe
cosmosworldwide.
InJune2013theNebraskydiskwasincludedinthe
UNESCO'sMemoryoftheWorldRegistercallingit"oneofthe
mostimportantarchaeologicalfindsofthe20thcentury.

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Planisphere APlanisphereisastarchartanalogcomputinginstrumentintheform
oftwoadjustabledisksthatrotateonacommonpivot.Itcanbe
adjustedtodisplaythevisiblestarsforanytimeanddate.
Itisaninstrumenttoassistinlearninghowtorecognizestarsand
constellations.

Sundial Asundialisadevicethattellsthetimeofdaybythepositionofthe
Sun.

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