An astrolabe is a tool that the Muslims created that was like a device that came up with solutions that were used to find the spot where the sun and the stars are in the sky. They are used to show how the sky looks in a certain place at a certain time. |
Muslim astronomers expected the idea of the Ptolemic system. The Muslims tried to modify the system and most had trouble coming to terms with it. Also, they made observations and that created calculations that were said to be more accurate than Ptolemy.
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