Which navigational error increases when using a corroded brass astrolabe at sea?

💡 Explanation

When an astrolabe corrodes, the pivot point supporting the alidade can become misaligned because corrosion preferentially attacks certain areas, leading to skewing of azimuth measurements. Therefore, bearing errors increase rather than parallax, temporal drift or plate tilt requiring different error sources.

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