Make Your Own Astrolabe

Originally published on November 3, 2019

If you lis­tened to today’s pod­cast and are inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about the astro­labe, as well as how to make one, here are sev­er­al links that will point you in the right direc­tion.

I made my astro­labe using card­stock, trans­paren­cies, and a brad.

Here is the Website where you can download your templates for printout:

https://in-the-sky.org/

And a few explanations:

Here are a few resources:

https://alabe.com/ https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/library_exhibitions/schoolresources/astrolabe/ https://shop.sciencefirst.com/astronomy-planetariums/3496-astrolabe-kit.html

This Website has some GORGEOUS astrolabes for sale:

Astrolabe for sale. The astrolabe shop proposes the biggest choice of astrolabes in the United…

And here is one of my favorite videos of Uri Tuch­man build­ing an astro­labe out of steel and brass:

Thank you for lis­ten­ing, thank you for read­ing, and thank you for vis­it­ing me at Math Sci­ence His­to­ry!

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