ASTRONOMY TOOLS

TELESCOPE

• an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer.
• The Hubble telescope is circling the earths atmosphere.
• The first telescope was made in 1609.

ASTROLABE

• an astronomical instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars and for the solution of other problems in astronomy and navigation
• Helps to tell time to sunrise and sunse.
• It also helps you locate the location of the sun your moo.

COMPASS

• an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north.
• A diagram is on the compass with the initials N,S,E,W
• When it is used the N on the compass rose points to to the North

SEXTANT

• Is an instrument used to to measure the angle between two objects.
• an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring angular distances, especially the altitudes of sun, moon, and sta
• It can be used to find latitude by sighting the sun at noon and Polaris at night