Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Image of the tympan or plate - click for larger version
Tympan 3b
This plate bears a tablet of horizons.

Circles

Type Labelled Style Notes
Equator Plain line.
Tropic of Cancer Plain line.
Tropic of Capricorn Plain line.

Scales


Type Range & Units Numbered Geometry Location
Table of Horizons 8 - 66 Every 2  n/a n/a
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