Islamic astronomy

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Islamic astronomy is the body of astronomical knowledge and practices developed in the medieval Islamic world, notable for preserving and expanding Greek astronomy, refining observational techniques, and influencing later European science.

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Islamic astronomy canonical 2
Islamic astronomers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomy tradition
historical science
scientific discipline
aimedFor physically realistic planetary models
appliedTo Islamic calendar
linked to: Hijri calendar

Islamic ritual timekeeping
determination of Ramadan
determination of prayer times
determination of qibla direction
navigation
criticized Ptolemaic equant
linked to: Ptolemaic system

non-uniform circular motion in Ptolemaic models
developedIn medieval Islamic world
developedInstrument armillary sphere
astrolabe
mural quadrant
observational sextant
quadrant
sine quadrant
hasAlternativeName Arabic astronomy
astronomy in the Islamic Golden Age
hasKeyFigure Al-Battani
Al-Biruni
Al-Farabi
Al-Farghani
Al-Khwarizmi
Al-Kindi
Al-Qushji
Al-Sufi
Al-Zarqali
Ibn al-Haytham
Ibn al-Shatir
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Taqi al-Din
Ulugh Beg
hasKeyInstitution House of Wisdom
Istanbul observatory of Taqi al-Din
linked to: Taqi al-Din

Maragha observatory
Ulugh Beg observatory
hasKeyText Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi
Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables
Ibn al-Shatir's Nihayat al-Sul fi Tashih al-Usul
Ulugh Beg's Zij-i Sultani
hasMainPeriod 8th to 15th centuries
hasNotableCenter Baghdad
Cairo
Cordoba
Damascus
Istanbul
Maragha
linked to: Maragheh

Samarqand
linked to: Samarkand

Toledo
influenced Copernican astronomy
European astronomy
Renaissance science
influencedBy Greek astronomy
Indian astronomy
Ptolemaic astronomy
linked to: Ptolemaic system

Sasanian astronomy
influencedWork Alfonsine Tables
Copernicus De revolutionibus
introducedConcept Ibn al-Shatir planetary model
Tusi couple
Urdi lemma
partOf Islamic Golden Age
preserved Ptolemy's Almagest
linked to: Almagest
produced astronomical handbooks
star catalogues
zij tables
refinedConcept planetary models
spherical trigonometry
trigonometric functions
relatedField Islamic mathematics
Islamic optics
Islamic philosophy of science
studied eclipses
fixed stars
lunar motion
planetary latitudes
precession of the equinoxes
solar motion
transmittedThrough translations in Sicily
translations in Toledo
transmittedTo Latin Europe
linked to: Western Europe
usedMethod geometrical modeling
systematic naked-eye observation
trigonometric calculation
usesLanguage Arabic
Ottoman Turkish
Persian

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Islamic world hasCulturalContribution Islamic astronomy
Claudius Ptolemaeus influenced Islamic astronomy
Al-Farghani usedBy Islamic astronomers
linked to: Islamic astronomy