The Antikythera Mechanism

← Skirnir Studios Wreck off Antikythera, c. 100 BC — turned again

Drag the crank — one turn is about eleven weeks

Set to

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Front dial

Sun in: —
Sun longitude: —
Moon in: —
Moon longitude: —
Age of the Moon: —
Lunar node: —

The Cosmos

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Back dials

Metonic month: —
Callippic year: —
Games: —
Saros cell: —
Exeligmos: —

What the bronze predicts

No eclipse in this month The Saros cell carries no glyph.

Against the real sky

Sun, machine − truth: —
Moon, machine − truth: —
Phase, machine − truth: —

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