The night sky in the palm of your hand

Gabriellebirchak/ November 4, 2019/ Ancient History, Classical Antiquity

If you lis­tened to today’s pod­cast and are inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about the astro­labe, as well as how to make one, here are sev­er­al links that will point you in the right direction. 

I made my astro­labe using card­stock, trans­paren­cies, and a brad. 

Print­ing the rete onto trans­paren­cy paper

My paper astro­labe using the print­outs from https://in-the-sky.org

Here is the Website where you can download your templates for printout: 

https://in-the-sky.org/

And a few explanations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu-yC-g4fcU

Here are a few resources:

https://alabe.com/

https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/library_exhibitions/schoolresources/astrolabe/

https://shop.sciencefirst.com/astronomy-planetariums/3496-astrolabe-kit.html

This Website has some GORGEOUS astrolabes for sale: 

https://www.astrolabeshop.com/

And here is one of my favorite videos of Uri Tuch­man build­ing an astro­labe out of steel and brass:

Thank you for lis­ten­ing, thank you for read­ing, and thank you for vis­it­ing me at Math Sci­ence History! 

  • Gabrielle
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