During the approaching Dark Ages astronomical information was further lost to the western world as the Christian churches banned such knowledge. However the instructions for this tool's construction were supposedly lost in the fire at the Library in Alexandria. The astrolabe, often referred to as the oldest scientific instr ument in the world, has been used to measure/predict the location, height, and position of extraterrestrial bodies, to determine the time of day, and to navigate ships.Īround the 2 nd century BC the astrolabe was developed in ancient Greece to determine the altitude of objects in space. As this fas cination grew people began to develop astronomical tools to help them st udy the sun, moon, stars, and other planets.
Throughout the ages all cultures hav e had some sort of fascination with the sky and/or the celestial bodies.
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