Celestial globe from the Qing dynasty. Besides star maps, the Chinese also made celestial globes, which show stars' positions like a star map and can present the sky at a specific time. Because of its Chinese name, it is often confused with the armillary sphere, which is just one word different in Chinese (渾象 vs. 渾儀).

Throughout Chinese history, astronomers have created celestial globes (Chinese: 渾象; pinyin: húnxiàng) to assist the observation of the stars. The Chinese also used the armillary sphere in aiding calendrical computations and calculations.

The celestial globe is a device that was used in ancient China to observe the motion of celestial bodies. It is composed of two main observing devices: the armillary sphere and the celestial sphere.

It was often used as an astronomical observation instrument in ancient China, and has more than fourteen usages, mainly to measure right ascensions and declinations of stars. The celestial globe weighs 3,850 kilograms and is 2.735 meters high. It is displaced at the middle-west side on top of the Beijing Ancient Observatory.

2018年2月16日 · Some of the most notable ancient Chinese astronomers include the likes of Gan De, Shi Shen, Shen Kuo, and Guo Shoujing. Gan De is estimated to have lived in the 4th century B.C. He is the first person in human history to have compiled a star catalog.

Besides star maps, the Chinese also make Celestial globes, which show stars position liked a star map and can present the actual sky in a specific time. Because of its Chinese name, the Chinese always make it up with Armillary sphere, which is just one word different (渾象 vs. 渾儀).

The celestial globe is a star map that shows the constellations and Milky Way on its surface, along with a grid of lines that represent the ecliptic, equator, celestial latitude, and celestial longitude. The globe is oriented within a horizon ring, such that its …

2014年1月1日 · The armillary sphere (hun yi 浑仪) was an astronomical instrument in ancient China used for measuring the positions of celestial bodies. As indicated by its name, the armillary sphere was closely related to the cosmological theory of hun tian 浑天 (Celestial Sphere), which treated the sky as a globe, which revolves on its axis and has its ...

Celestial Globe was designed by Ferdinand Verbiest in 1673. Its main function including: Demonstrating the motion of celestial bodies and performing conversion among ecliptic, equatorial and azimuthal coordinates.

The Ancient Beijing Observatory is located near the heart of downtown Beijing on the south side of famous Chang'an Avenue. The Armillary Sphere Made in the 4th year during the reign of Zhengtong (1439 AD) of the Ming Dynasty and designed for the coordination of celestial bodies.