Hemisferium H80 Nautical<br/>Instruments Astrolabe Keyring

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Hemisferium H80 Nautical
Instruments Astrolabe Keyring

For centuries, humankind has been fascinated with scientific discovery – from the early astronomical breakthroughs of Galileo Galilei, to modern advancements in digital technology. Now you can revisit the dawn of modern science. This elegantly constructed Astrolabe is modelled off the original star-mapping devices used by astronomers in the Middle Ages. Originally created by Persian and Arab scientists in the 9th Century, this ingenious device was used to map the positions of the brightest stars in the night sky, and was also used to determine the angle of altitude of particular stars, in a time before complex mathematical instruments.