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 4
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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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic world → hasCulturalContribution → Islamic astronomy ⓘ
Claudius Ptolemaeus → influenced → Islamic astronomy ⓘ
Al-Farghani → usedBy → Islamic astronomers ⓘ
linked to: Islamic astronomy
Aryabhatiya → influenced → Islamic astronomy ⓘ
De motu stellarum → field → Islamic astronomy ⓘ