The Astrolabe Project

I’m definitely in a coding mood. I just uploaded another change. I’ve added a Quadratum Nauticum to the Astrolabe Generator “mater-only” option:

Made some more changes. I added options to print 1 and 2 degree intervals for the almucantars. Also, there is now an option to print just the Mater or just the Plate (useful in creating astrolabes in other materials than paper).

I’ve been busy. The final polish was put on version 2.0 of the Astrolabe Generator today. It is up and running (see link to the left). I increased the size of the application screen, re-sized the thumbnails and  rearranged the controls a bit. The thumbnails now update to display the current selected options. I redesigned […]

I present to you the astrolabe cake… http://nuri148.blogspot.com/2011/09/la-torta-mas-nerd.html Made using the files produced by the Astrolabe Generator. Looks Delicious.

I made more changes to the generator. The azimuth lines are now optional, and I added an option to print just the sine scale on the back.

I spent the last few hours noodling around with the generator code. I fixed several bugs. I also removed, at least temporarily the 6 and 12 degree twilight lines as they were cluttering up the plate and serve no real purpose.

I just posted several changes to SourceForge. I added an option to print a straight alidade as opposed to the default counter-changed one. I also added code to generate bulk sheets with 10 rules and 10 alidades for class handout use. These options are not working well yet, but I hope to have them incorporated […]

I have started adding photos to the astrolabe assembly instructions.

I have put up a draft of a set of instructions for building an astrolabe using the output of the Astrolabe generator. It still needs links, polish and pictures. I will link to it when I’m done Update: It is done except for the photos. I’ll add them when I get a chance. Link is […]