Which celestial positioning error arises when calibrating historical astrolabes?

💡 Explanation

Atmospheric refraction bends light rays; therefore horizon stars appear higher than their actual position because the bending angle varies with altitude causing positional errors, rather than errors caused by parallax at long distances.

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