Continue to discover the world of astrolabes with the following resources:
User manual of Shadows
The Shadows user manual is a comprehensive guide to the software and includes a complete section on astrolabes and their use. Its approximately 150 illustrated colour pages can be read online or downloaded as a PDF. A printed edition is also available.
Paperback version of the manual
Order your paper version of the user manual using a print-on-demand service.
Museums and collections
The following museums offer private collections of astrolabes.
- Museum of the history of science (Oxford, England)
- National Maritime Museum (Greenwich, England)
- Adler Planetarium (Chicago, USA)
- Arts et Métiers museum (Paris)
- Louvre museum (Paris)
- Haute-Normandie museum
- Institute and museum of the history of science (Florence, Italie)
Web sites
- Site of James Morrison on astrolabes
- Site of Pascal Hilout on astrolabes
- Site of Louis Goguillon on astrolabes
- Site of Philippe Dutarte on ancient instruments
- Site of Association Science en Seine et Patrimoine
- Hebrew astrolabe
- The Prague's astronomical clock, by Willy Leenders
Videos
Introduction to astrolabes (video: 21 min 26 s)