Plate 166
Armillary Sphere
An armillary sphere made by Franciszek Słupski in 1771, scanned and drawn with splats.
- Family
- Photoreal
- Origin
- Raised from a recipe
- Habit
- Diurnal: kept on the page
- Voice
- Yes, with the sound on
- Licenses
- CC BY 4.0
How to play
Tap it to turn the inner rings; drag to turn it.
Notes
Its rings stand for the great circles of the sky: the equator, the tropics, the band the Sun follows through the year, round a small Earth at the middle. Astronomers used such spheres to teach how the sky moves.
Tap it and the inner rings turn inside the frame.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turn the rings | Tap | ||
| Turn the rings | Button |
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 77,400 at Low, and up to 286,381 at Max
Sources and credits
| Work | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| Armillary sphere (1771)Baked into splats; the glass over the compass left out. | Virtual Museums of Małopolska | CC BY 4.0 |