Image: Astrolabe - Stereographic projection on tympan

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Description: Animation showing how celestial and geographic coordinates are mapped onto an astrolabe's tympan through a stereographic projection. Hypothetical tympan (40 degrees North Latitude) of a 16th century European planispheric astrolabe.
Title: Astrolabe - Stereographic projection on tympan
Credit: Own work
Author: This image has been created during "DensityDesign Integrated Course Final Synthesis Studio" at Polytechnic University of Milan, organized by DensityDesign Research Lab in 2016. Image is released under CC-BY-SA licence. Attribution goes to "Michele Invernizzi, DensityDesign Research Lab".
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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