Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1480/1 (A. H. 885)
Maker Mūsa
Place Syria (?)
Material Brass
Inventory no. 49687
Acquisition Purchased at Sotheby's, London, in 1962
The rete is of the cage type. The rete is extensively decorated with damascened silver, e.g., the eclipitic and meridian line. There are a few dagger-style star pointers on this instrument..The zodiac on the rete is labelled: الحمل , الثور , الجوزا , السرطان , الاسد , السنبله , الميزان , العقرب , القوس , الجدي , الدلو , الحوت

Stars

There are 20 stars on the rete marked with flamant pointers. Unless otherwise indicated the star name, mediation and declination are as marked/measured on the rete.
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Star name
(on instrument)
Modern star
(if known)
Mediation Declination Pointer
سره Alpheratz 2.0° of Aries 27° dagger
خضب Caph 8.0° of Aries 59° dagger
مثلث 25.0° of Aries 27° dagger
معصم 26.0° of Aries 56° flamant
ركبه اليمنى 17.0° of Taurus 53° flamant
فوق الركبه 15.0° of Leo 55° flamant
النعش 15.0° of Virgo 56° flamant
فقره الاولى 16.0° of Virgo 35° flamant
فقره الاولى 16.0° of Virgo 35° flamant
ساقا 21.0° of Libra 16° flamant
منكب 15.0° of Scorpio 35° flamant
فكه Alphecca 20.0° of Scorpio 28° flamant
الرامح Arcturus 25.0° of Scorpio 13° flamant
جنب 27.0° of Scorpio -4° flamant
الراعى 19.0° of Sagittarius 12° flamant
ذنب Deneb el Okab 10.0° of Capricorn 13° flamant
منقار 21.0° of Capricorn 28° flamant
دلفين Deneb Dulfim 5.0° of Aquarius 11° flamant
راس الفرس 11.0° of Aquarius flamant
عنق 26.0° of Aquarius 27° flamant
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