Egnazio Danti (attr.) (1536-1586)
Astrolabe, known as "Galileo's astrolabe", Florence, ca. 1570
Florence, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, inv. 3361

A large instrument comprising a single face with one tympanum for the latitude of Florence (43°40'). It was kept in the Uffizi Gallery for a long time, and was used by Galileo.