An armillary sphere models the heavens. It resembles an open globe, the intersecting circular pieces of which are able to show various celestial events, such as the paths of the sun and stars.

This magnificent armillary sphere stands in the centre of the museum's top gallery. It was designed to show a model of the universe according the ancient astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy, with the ...

The Armillary double-axis tourbillon escapement was originally created for the Ref. 57260, the world’s most complicated watch (57 complications) created in 2015 to celebrate Vacheron Constantin ...

This is an armillary sphere ring which usually represents a model of objects in the sky, centered on the Earth or the Sun. Initially, these were only models and were used by astrologers to study ...

Guests mingle at the Armillary Sphere near the front desk at The Venetian on the Strip in Las Vegas Thursday, April 25, 2019. The Venetian, which opened May 3, 1999, is celebrating 20 years.

LJUBLJANA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A full-scale replica of the armillary sphere with rotating rings created by Augustin Ferdinand Hallerstein, or Liu Songling by his Chinese name, in the 18th century ...

This magnificent armillary sphere stands in the centre of the museum's top gallery. It was designed to show a model of the universe according the ancient astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy, with the ...