Find yourself / Make an Astrolabe

[John Wagenseil]

An astrolabe was a navigation aid, time keeper and calculator:
Astrolabe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Instructions on how to make an Astrolabe, from simple to complex.

Building a model astrolabe
https://archive.org/details/arxiv-1202.2005

Other sites:

Building a Model Astrolabe
http://in-the-sky.org/astrolabe/
http://www.eso.org/~ohainaut/bin/astrolabe.cgi
ep.yimg.com/ty/cdn/yhst-57190479284260/Astrolabe.pdf
07 Making a Simple Astrolabe - At Home Astronomy
The Way to the Stars: Build Your Own Astrolabe | St John's College, Cambridge
https://diy.org/skills/astronomer/ch...d-an-astrolabe
Astrolabe
Making and Using an Astrolabe (a Paper one, at least). | Spectrum Scientifics' Store Blog
Architectural Intentions from Vitruvius to the Renaissance | Studio Project for ARCH 531 / McGill University / School of Architecture / Fall 2012
PolHors
Instruments and practices in Ptolemaic astronomy
NOVA Online | Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance | Making an Astrolabe | PBS

[Swampfox]

Looks interesting, thanks for the lynx;-)

SFX

[DWest]

Thanks for the links, but it didn't work I'm still lost and this thing is hard to use while trying to drive........lol

[DanBKing]

Interesting!
Does it come with a USB port ?

[ultra]

ahh yes this is a machine i'm all too familiar with (not that i'm THAT old but i used to own one well my family actually) it is far more complicated than you may think and yes it is still an accurate machine to use for it's intended purposes though i would've loved it if anyone made an antikythera mechanism (or at least tried)

a nice find sir

ultra stone

[John Wagenseil]

Originally Posted by ultra

ahh yes this is a machine i'm all too familiar with (not that i'm THAT old but i used to own one well my family actually) it is far more complicated than you may think and yes it is still an accurate machine to use for it's intended purposes though i would've loved it if anyone made an antikythera mechanism (or at least tried)

a nice find sir

ultra stone

I don't know if there is a paper model of the antikythera, but someone did make a working LEGO version which is pretty fantastic

The Antikythera Mechanism in Lego on Vimeo

[Peter Ansoff]

This is a card model of a nocturnal that I bought at the National Maritime Museum in the UK many years ago. It seems to be out of print, although I found a used copy on Amazon.com. Apparently, it's a full-size replica of a specific wooden instrument in the museum's collection. The original was made about 1660, before the change to the Gregorian calendar; the accompanying notes state that the model was converted accordingly.

Also: Celestaire (www.celestaire.com) offers three models "printed on gold metallic surfaced cardboard, precision die cut": two astrolabes and a three-part set that includes a nocturnal, a sundial and a perpetual calendar. The set is in their catalog as the "Trilogy of Time."