Astrolabe (disambiguation)
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An astrolabe
is an astronomical instrument.
Astrolabe may also refer to:, one of several French ships
Astrolabe
An astrolabe is an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, determining local time given local latitude and longitude, surveying, triangulation, and to...
is an astronomical instrument.
Astrolabe may also refer to:, one of several French ships
- Astrolabe BayAstrolabe BayAstrolabe Bay is a large body of water off the south coast of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, located at . It is a part of the Bismarck Sea and stretches from the Cape Iris in the south to the Cape Croisilles to the north. It was discovered in 1827 by Jules Dumont d'Urville and named after his...
, a large body of water off the northern coast Papua New Guinea - Mariner's astrolabeMariner's astrolabeThe mariner's astrolabe, also called sea astrolabe, was an inclinometer used to determine the latitude of a ship at sea by measuring the sun's noon altitude or the meridian altitude of a star of known declination. Not an astrolabe proper, the mariner's astrolabe was rather a graduated circle with...
, a navigational tool that differs from a proper astrolabe - The son of Abelard and Heloise, called Astralabius in Latin. (This name is usually spelled Astralabe in English, but occasionally Astrolabe. Heloise named him after the astronomical instrument.)