There's a few more of these dotted around the playground--one for each astrological sign, one for measuring the sun's movement through the sky, a few for charting stars and ephemeral phenomena. Royal astronomy in massive Lego format. I want one.
Of course, the astrolabe did all of the above without the woo, and if I point my iPhone at the heavens Sky Safari tells me everything I need to know, but this is just so cool.
PS: The Mayans were actually much more sophisticated at this sort of thing. No, the world doesn't end next December.
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