Avicenna's astronomical work included an early vernier-type instrument, a lunar-culmination longitude method, an anti-astrology critique, and early records of a Venus transit and SN 1006.
Some medieval reports of Venus and Mercury transits
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Legacy of Avicenna in Astronomy
Avicenna's astronomical work included an early vernier-type instrument, a lunar-culmination longitude method, an anti-astrology critique, and early records of a Venus transit and SN 1006.