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← HistoryWhich consequence occurs when misaligned alidade during an astronomical observation using historical astrolabe?
A)Ecliptic plane tilt offset error
B)Local time zone calculation error
C)Celestial object altitude measurement error✓
D)Horizon line position coordinate error
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When the alidade is misaligned, parallax error introduces inaccuracies since sighting direction is not truly perpendicular to instrument's plane; this produces altitude measurement error. Therefore, an altitude reading becomes incorrect, rather than ecliptic, timezone since time is an indirect readout using known coordinates not measurement, or horizon errors related only to leveling.
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