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A device used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon is called what? Ether a sextant or a astrolabe.
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A device used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon is called what?
Ether a sextant or a astrolabe.
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a sextant is used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon
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Sextant is the correct answer...
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