Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date ca. 1686
Maker Johann Leonhardt Bommel
Place Nuremberg
Material Gilt brass
Inventory no. 35592
Acquisition Lent by Miss Ellen Willmott in 1924
The rete is of the other (ornate) type. The zodiac on the rete is labelled: ♈ , ♉ , ♊ , ♋ , ♌ , ♍ , ♎ , ♏ , ♐ , ♑ , ♒ , ♓

Scales


Type Range & Units Numbered Geometry Location
Ecliptic 0 - 30 Degrees of ecliptic Every 10  Ecliptic ecliptic

Stars

There are 16 stars on the rete marked with flamant pointers. Unless otherwise indicated the star name, mediation and declination are as marked/measured on the rete.
Click on the star name or modern star name to search for other astrolabes with the same star.
Star name
(on instrument)
Modern star
(if known)
Mediation Declination Pointer
Cauda ♑ Deneb Algiedi pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Arcturus Arcturus pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Canis Maior Sirius pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Caput Serpentarij Rasalhague pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Cor Leonis Regulus pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Rostrum Ceit pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Crus Aquarij Skat pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Corona Septentrionalis Alphecca pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Canis Minor Procyon pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Caput Antinoi pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Spica Virginis Spica pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Oculus ♉ Aldebaran pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Crus Pegasi Scheat pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
[Si]nistra Serpentarij pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Luciad Hydrae Alphard pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
Venter Ceti Baten Kaitos pointer damaged pointer damaged flamant
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