How to use an astrolabe in the daytime

This video shows how to use an astrolabe to take a sighting of the sun, and determine the local time and true north using the sighting. You can make your own astrolabe, too! The astrolabes I show in the video are laser cut using the files at
github.com/kb1dds/large_astro...
github.com/kb1dds/small_astro...

[@kikoaumond3439]

A clear, concise explanation. Thank you very much for the video.

[@davidarnsparger9712]

I have been looking for a video like this for years to show my high school history class. This is very informational. EXCELLENT WORK

[@drmichaelrobinson]

Great! Thanks. By the way, laser cutting plans mentioned in description also work on paper. You can have students print them out and pin them together.

[@davidarnsparger9712]

@@drmichaelrobinson How did you learn this?

[@sayaankhan3484]

Why didn't I have u as a teacher 😂

[@Rtc..gunshot]

​@@drmichaelrobinson sir astrolabe major sun and star position also

[@DriesduPreez]

Thank you, I appreciate that you took the time to prepare this

[@isshinryu11]

Such an incredible description of this incredible tool!!!

[@miscdog5859]

The Astrolabe is an amazing instrument. Thank you for a great explanation to what the Astrolabe can do.

[@NoMoreDamnUserNamesLeft]

Thank you Sir. This is a great explanation. Much appreciated.

[@TheArtilect]

That was so helpful to my understanding-thanks!

[@nishthasharma22]

This is excellent!
Thank you, sir!

[@breck112000]

Thank you! This was very informative!

[@kimnenninger7226]

Very interesting. Amazing how smart people were.

[@SagittariusArcherVaperkitten]

WOW, I would love to know the history of how they came up with such a complex piece of equipment. The "thinkers" of this world fascinate me. Love to all...Kim

[@KurtBarcelona]

I never have been more fascinated by this medieval tech tool. Nice video!

[@romeisfallingagain]

its 2000 years old and probably older than that

[@zoymills9868]

Love your video, wish you could the same but with a medieval planisphere.
Thought your lining up to the sun was very clear. Not sure whether it would have been really used to tell the time, would have been easier to do that by observing the Sun's direction and how high it was in the sky and the season.Much easier. But the other 1000 uses, as this was used to serve astrology.

[@ejshultz]

Great video, dude!

[@gives_bad_advice]

Nicely done.

[@mhk5272]

thank you for doing two readings , other videos are like "look how cool, and you can read various things with it"

[@MySpeedy777]

Thank you, I love you.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

6:18 .... you use a pocketwatch just like I do!! Holy cow, I thought I was the only one alive who did that anymore! Btw, excellent modern astrolabe, especially the compensation for Earth's elliptical orbit...

[@drmichaelrobinson]

Thanks! The SVG files are up on my github page if you want to make your own:
github.com/kb1dds/large_astrolabe

[@romeisfallingagain]

very informative. thank you

[@GospodinJean]

GREAT VIDEO! . Whenever I think about a NASA engineer (from the Apollo mission) I think of a person that looks like this guy!

[@peterhoebarth4234]

Apollo Mission ? Yes, in a Military Filmstudio.

[@aVengefulGod]

Fascinating - thanks

[@bloodkingarthur]

Great video!

[@mauricebrown5872]

Wow I'm buying one Sir you blew my mind your explanation.. but the whole astrolabe itself is like 🤯 mind blowing who did all the math how long would that have taken so many questions.

[@masterspark9880]

Ancient people were so smart to invent and use things like this, without calculators or mathematical notation or accurate astronomical models

[@michaelkuzelka8903]

This WAS the calculator and mathematical notation and accurate astronomical model. So yeah, they already had that. They didn't make this WITHOUT those things. They made this WITH those things. They had to have those things first, before they could build this.

[@unitedrail-mainchannel8991]

Also known as the Islamic World.

[@kingoflegendz84]

very helpful

[@dangerouspoems4707]

Super. but I didn't understand how to use it as compass. The ruler points at 125 degree azimuth between east and south? And you said that it's north oriented compass?

[@a-mohamedabbassa27]

hi sir thank you for the information but sur i don't know how can is use the code to make my own ostrolab can you please show us how to use it and did it work for anny latitude ?

[@Poraqui]

This thing rocks! As a Portuguese, it should be mandatory kids/teens have its use taught in History/ Geography classes.

[@TommyLikeTom]

Man, you are such a character. You seem somehow annoyed to about the position of the sun 🤣

[@stabilini]

nice job thanks

[@_novvog]

That looks nice, if I ever get to use a printer I'll defenitely make one

[@lancearmada]

hard to tell what you are pointing sometimes but still somewhat helpful.

[@Rinconmaniac]

Can you tell me where to buy this exact one?

[@marklammas2465]

Put giant glasses on this chap's face, and you've got Brains! FAB... 😁

[@michaelkuzelka8903]

Where can I buy something like this?

[@heitorvieirafilho2643]

Does it work for any latitude?

[@shaqatjudah404]

You can use this to find equinox correct ?

[@NoMoreDamnUserNamesLeft]

Sir, the measurement of time is only 4 minutes off as it took 6 minutes to explain it to us. 👏👏👏👏

[@patstokes7040]

Camera work?

[@vircervoteksisto5038]

Is it just me or is this guy secretly Leonard from The Big Bang Theory?

[@Hevander75]

I'd like to buy one if possible

[@drmichaelrobinson]

Even better! You can make one yourself. Here are the plans for the instrument in the video: github.com/kb1dds/large_astrolabe

[@I-20rider]

Wow

[@EyeLean5280]

If you sold assembled astrolabes on Etsy, you could make some money and make nerdy people like me very happy at holiday gift shopping time!

[@lostlanguag.es_]

this is why i'm always late to work

[@franciscomaciasromero4790]

Hola soy al tercero que envio este mensaje aver quien lee primero y ojo lo aplica al esrra labio confuguracoon de astro lavio de 13meces de 28 dias y cera mas preciso o podria decir 100% preciso .
As una simulacion o un prototipo y me la envias gracias. Felicidades ya eres un ganador amen.❤❤❤❤❤

[@ranokarno6469]

amazing

[@user-wy5bd6ip1z]

Thats mean that the earth is the centre and the sun move, the astrolab cant work on moving obgect

[@user-qb7mf8pl2m]

Amazing, there are more than 1000 uses with arabian astrolab

[@jordandowning2835]

I'm so lost lol

[@orphanoforbit7588]

Invest in a tripod.

[@manpreetsingh5804]

astrolabe first time invented in india by mahendra suri 👍

[@ramonortiz7462]

Behold,,,,,The Flat Earth!!

[@alfarhan8163]

You never once mentioned or give credit to Muslims who invented this tool during golden age of islam. It wasn’t “midevil” in their part of the worl!

[@Sudozer]

Bro. Get over it. Not every video has to kiss your ass.

[@user-uk4gw6gp8b]

The astrolabe was from Ancient Greece. Dating back over 800 years from the golden age of Islam.. 😂

[@InaamUlHaq-et4sy]

​@@user-uk4gw6gp8bso where are the greek ones, most of the ones in museums have Arabic writing on them so we know where they came from

[@aideno2597]

Doesn't mean Muslims made it. It's not Muslim they just adopted it

[@bobbykamer3042]

Muslims actually perfected it they made is scientifically accurate added true star positions and increased functionality to max