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Astrolabes usually consisted of a flat disc with a sighting rod that could be pivoted to point at the [[Sun]] or bright stars. From the altitude of the Sun or star above the horizon, the local time could be estimated. <ref>A presentation for the Man & Technology Course (ES103) @ SUNY Farmingdale,by Gary Agranat & Dave Delligati, Fall 1980.</ref> Astrolabes were usually constructed of light metals, such as [[copper]] or [[zinc]], however elaborate ornamental gold and silver astrolabes were created for wealthy rulers such as [[Pope Alexander VI]] and [[Suleiman the Magnificent]].
Astrolabes usually consisted of a flat disc with a sighting rod that could be pivoted to point at the [[Sun]] or bright stars. From the altitude of the Sun or star above the horizon, the local time could be estimated. <ref>A presentation for the Man & Technology Course (ES103) @ SUNY Farmingdale,by Gary Agranat & Dave Delligati, Fall 1980.</ref> Astrolabes were usually constructed of light metals, such as [[copper]] or [[zinc]], however elaborate ornamental gold and silver astrolabes were created for wealthy rulers such as [[Pope Alexander VI]] and [[Suleiman the Magnificent]].
'''''Astrolabe''''' is the name of the [[France|French]] [[Antarctic]] research and re-supply vessel, based in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]. Before that, it was the name of one of the vessels used by [[La Perouse]] in his ill-fated voyage of discovery into the [[Pacific]] in 1885/88.
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