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← HistoryWhich 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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