- The
Alfonsine Tables (Spanish:
Tablas Alfonsíes, Latin:
Tabulae Alphonsinae),
sometimes spelled Alphonsine Tables,
provided data for
computing the position...
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Until the end of the 16th century, the most
widely used had been the
Alphonsine tables,
first produced in the 13th
century and
regularly updated thereafter...
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principis regis alfonsii (Prague 1401−4). A full set of
Alphonsine Tables (including
tables for mean motions,
conjunctions of Sun and Moon, equation...
- of
axial precession the
cycle is less than 800 years. Use of the
Alphonsine tables apparently led to the use of
precessing signs, and
Kepler gave a value...
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Vistas in Astronomy, 28 (1985), 339-342 [1]. Owen Gingerich, "The
Alphonsine Tables in the Age of Printing", in: M.
Comes et al. (eds), De astronomia...
- constellation. (Deneb in
Cygnus has a
similar name origin.) In the
Alphonsine Tables it was
recorded as Denebalezeth. On R. A. Proctor's 1871 star chart...
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which stems the
rarely used
variant names Algebar or Elgebar. The
Alphonsine tables saw its name
split into "Rigel" and "Algebar", with the note, et dicitur...
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cycle is only ~800 years,
because of
axial precession. Use of the
Alphonsine tables apparently led to the use of
precessing signs;
Kepler gave a value...
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predicted by the
Alphonsine Tables, the best
available astronomical tables at the time. He then
computed his own set of
eclipse tables, the
Tabulae Eclipsium...
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decorative miniatures and
technical diagrams. The
translation of the
Alphonsine table gave
Europe a
common language to talk
about astronomy and led to a...
