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Which adjustment compensates for parallax error during astrolabe sighting?

A)Alidade arm tilting and recentering
B)Adjusting latitude scales according to location
C)Rotating the tympan plate's inclination
D)Compensating rete position using solar altitude

💡 Explanation

Alidade arm tilting corrects parallax because angular measurement depends on the observer's line of sight through pins; therefore, accurate fixes require minimizing offset error, rather than simply adjusting scales, plates, or rete positions.

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