Astrolabe Catalogue

 

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Tympan 5b
This side of the plate bears a table of horizons.

Circles

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

Lines

Type Labelled Description
Meridian line
Horizon rectus

Scales


Type Range & Units Numbered Geometry Location
Table of Horizons N/A Degrees Not numbered degrees n/a n/a
Declination 0 - 90 Degrees At 15° degrees Linear n/a
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