"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:23:58 -0500, "Reggie Smithers" Reggie( is my
first name) Smithers wrote:

Tom,
I thought he might really want to know that it was a used to plot the
constellations.

I think it is a hell of an item, that would look great on your coffee
table. It still is not to late for a Christmas present for yourself.

Which is fine, but the name is in the title and I didn't look first
before I clicked - I didn't realize it was an eBay deal and that
really got me PO'd. More at my own stupidity than anything.

Besides, he's wrong - it's a Armillary Sphere also known as a
Spherical Astrolabe based on the Copernican system of astronomy.
It's a little different in that it's based on a globe, but that's
because it's geocentric rather than heliocentric.

Later,

Tom


Well I guess he got his question answered. :-)