Learn about astronomy pioneers in Muslim civilisation who built powerful observatories and named galaxies, stars and features on the moon
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Star-Finders Astrolabes
Over a thousand-year period in Muslim Civilisation, epoch-making discoveries such as the first record of a star system outside our own galaxy were made, and astronomical instruments were developed laying the foundation for modern-day astronomy. These included celestial globes, armillary spheres, sextants and astrolabes.