A rare item of great interest held by the Bachelors' Club is a wooden instrument known as a 'Nocturnal', which means 'night time'.
This artifact is related to a Moondial and allows you to tell the time at night using a combination of the Pole star and one other star.
You set the instrument to the right time of year, then look for the Pole Star through the hole in the middle.
Adjust the index arm to align with one of the 'pointer stars', which seem to point to the Pole Star.
Where the arm meets the hour scale, you read off the time.
The provenance of this nocturnal is not recorded.
A rare item of great interest held by the Bachelors' Club is a wooden instrument known as a 'Nocturnal', which means 'night time'. This artifact is related to a Moondial and allows you to tell the time at night using a combination of the Pole star and one other star. You set the instrument to the right time of year, then look for the Pole Star through the hole in the middle. Adjust the index arm to align with one of the 'pointer stars', which seem to point to the Pole Star. Where the arm meets the hour scale, you read off the time. The provenance of this nocturnal is not recorded.
Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton