DescriptionAstrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg	العربية: أسطرلاب فارسيّ صانعه مجهول يعود للقرن الثامن عشر الميلاديّ. النقاط على طرف السبلات المعقوفة بالمُقدِّمة أو الصفيحة الشبكة، تُحددُ موقع أكثر النُجوم بريقًا. وقد ذُكر اسمُ كُلَّ نجمٍ أسفل كُلِّ سبلة. الصفيحة الخلفيَّة، أو الصفيحة الأم حُفرت عليها خُطوط الإحداثيَّات الفلكيَّة. محفوظٌ في متحف ويپل للتاريخ الطبيعي في كامبريدج. Deutsch: Persisches Astrolabium aus dem 18. Jahrhundert English: An 18th Century Persian astrolabe – maker unknown. The points of the curved spikes on the front rete plate, mark the positions of the brightest stars. The name of each star being labeled at the base of each spike. The back plate, or mater is engraved with projected coordinate lines. From the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in Cambridge. Español: Astrolabio persa del siglo XVIII. فارسی: یک اسطرلاب ایرانی متعلق به سدهٔ ۱۸ میلادی. سازنده نامعلوم است. Français : Astrolabe persan du XVIII siècle – Auteur inconnu. L'extrémité des pointes recourbées de la plaque avant (ou rete) correspond aux positions des principales étoiles. Le nom de chaque étoile est gravé au pied de chaque pointe. La plaque arrière, ou mater porte les lignes des coordonnées célestes. Whipple Museum, Cambridge, Angleterre. Italiano: Astrolabio persiano del 18° secolo. Costruttore sconosciuto. Le estremità delle punte ricurve della piastra frontale (rete) indicano la posizione delle stelle più luminose. Il nome della stella è inciso alla base di ciascuna punta. Sulla piastra posteriore (mater) sono incise le proiezioni delle linee congiungenti le coordinate celesti. Museo Whipple di storia della scienza, Cambridge Nederlands: Perzisch astrolabium uit 18e eeuw Lietuvių: XVIII amžiaus Persų astroliabija Українська: Перська астролябія XVIII століття. Музей історії науки Уіппла в Кембриджському університеті, Велика Британія.
Date	5 November 2004
Source	Photo taken by Andrew Dunn Whipple Museum of the History of Science    Location Cambridge , United Kingdom Coordinates 52° 12′ 09.36″ N, 0° 07′ 09.5″ E   Established 1944  Website www.sites.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/visitorinformation  Authority file : Q3329390 VIAF: 148163978 ISNI: 0000000121804233 LCCN: n84115418 NKC: kn20061020001 J9U: 987007445570605171 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q3329390
Author	Andrew Dunn
Permission (Reusing this file)	Andrew Dunn uploaded it first to the English Wikipedia on 6. Nov. 2004 and released it there under CC-BY-SA-2.0

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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 4 January 2005. It was captioned as follows: English: 18th century Persian astrolabe Other languages: Čeština: Perský astroláb z 18. století Dansk: Et persisk astrolabium (et navigationsinstrument) fra det 18. århundrede. Deutsch: Ein aus dem 18. Jahrhundert stammendes persisches Astrolabium English: 18th century Persian astrolabe Español: Astrolabio persa del siglo XVIII. Esperanto: 18a jarcento Persa astrolabe Français : Astrolabe perse du XVIIIe siècle Italiano: Astrolabo persiano del XVIII secolo. Nederlands: Een achttiende-eeuws Perzisch astrolabium Norsk bokmål: Et persisk astrolabium, et navigasjonsinstrument fra det 18. århundre. Polski: Astrolabium perskie z XVIII wieku Română: Un astrolab persan din secolul al XVIII-lea Svenska: Ett persiskt astrolabium från 1800-talet. 日本語： 18世紀のペルシアで製造されたアストロラーベ（天体観測用の器械） 中文： 18世纪波斯的天象仪 中文（繁體）： 18世纪的波斯星盤

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• 09:12, 23 November 2004 . . Solipsist (341661 bytes) (Lighter and more contrast on dial)
• 18:17, 8 November 2004 . . Solipsist (300740 bytes) (slight colour adjust)
• 14:33, 8 November 2004 . . Solipsist (310423 bytes) (Lighter version)
• 11:02, 6 November 2004 . . Solipsist (274409 bytes) (An 18th Century Persian astrolabe - maker unknown. From the Whipple Museum in Cambridge.)

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