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Plane astrolabe (open)
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Georg Hartmann
    • Place:
      Nuremberg
    • Date:
      1545
    • Materials:
      gilt copper
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 145 mm
    • Inventory:
      1111
    • Plane astrolabe (open) (Inv. 1111)
    • Plane astrolabe (open) (Inv. 1111)

Astrolabe made by Georg Hartmann. Composed of three tympanums for latitudes 39° and 42°, 45° and 48°, 51° and 54° (corresponding to the regions between North Africa and all of Germany). The back carries the alidade, shadow square, and unequal-hour lines.