By Chris Vaughan, Senior Astronomer, AstroGeo.ca The distinctive constellation Pegasus (the Winged Horse) is well placed for evening stargazing in autumn. Although the constellation’s name comes from Greek mythology, many…
Author: Alia Sabahat Chaudhary Editor: Hira Islam Muslims have been observing the skies for a long time, and their motivation stemmed from their need to determine the exact times for…
The Astrolabe Author: Sarah Dard Editor: Hira Islam Housed within the magnificent observatories set up by the likes of Caliph Al – Mamun of Baghdad (arguably the first man in…
In his book The Brightest Stars for the Construction of Mechanical Clocks (Al-Kawakib al-durriyya fi wadh' al-bankamat al-dawriyya), Taqi al-Din Ibn Ma'ruf analyses the four main types of time keeping…
Author: Nabeela Quraishi Nasir al-Din Tusi, was a famous Persian philosopher, scientist, and mathematician of the 13th century. Tusi was born on Feb. 18, 1201 in Ṭūs, Khorāsān, now a…
Author: Myda Mangla Editor: Hira Islam Abu Rayhan al-Biruni (973-ca. 1050) was a Muslim astronomer, mathematician, geographer, and historian. It is written then he was interested in literally everything; because…
Author: Romela Nadeem Editor: Hira Islam Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma’ruf al-Shami al-Asadi (1526–1585) was a renowned Turkish polymath: a scientist, astronomer, engineer, and inventor. While Taqi al-Din wrote more…
Author: Rizwana Masood Editor: Hira Islam Introduction & Early Life Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī aṣ-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī, Latinized as Albategnius, Albategni or Albatenius (858 –…
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