Astrolabes - A 2000 Year Old Analogue Astronomical Computer

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The astrolabe dates to ancient greece and was used to perform a number of transformations between time and observations of stars and the sun. While modern technology has rendered them redundant they are still nice to play with as a tactile analogue computer that can be displayed as a scientific work of art.


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