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← HistoryWhich outcome resulted during medieval Islamic astronomy when astrolabe sighting vanes degraded significantly?
A)Star position measurement errors increased✓
B)Calendar date calculations became impossible
C)Timekeeping accuracy improved notably
D)Horizon visibility range greatly expanded
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When astrolabe sighting vanes degraded, parallax errors increased because accurate alignment with celestial objects became difficult, leading to less precise altitude measurements. Therefore, star position errors increased, rather than improvements in timekeeping or calendar calculations, which depended on other parts of the instrument.
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