Which limitation restricted the use of brass astrolabes for high-precision stellar observations in medieval observatories?

💡 Explanation

When temperature fluctuates, non-uniform thermal expansion occurs in brass astrolabes because different sections heat unevenly, warping the precise alignment and introducing errors for accurate stellar position measurements. Therefore warping becomes a significant limitation, rather than magnetic interference, parallax or refraction which impose different fundamental constraints.

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