Brahe

[brah, brah-hee, brah-e]

noun

1. Tycho 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.

Brahe

/ brɑː, ˈbraːə, ˈbrɑːhɪ /

noun

1. Tycho (ˈtyːço). 1546–1601, Danish astronomer, who designed and constructed instruments that he used to plot accurately the positions of the planets, sun, moon, and stars

Brahe

1. Danish astronomer who made the most accurate and extensive observations of the planets and stars before the telescope was invented. Brahe determined the position of 777 stars, demonstrated that comets follow regular paths, and observed the supernova of 1572, which became known as Tycho's star. Although Brahe did not accept the Copernican heliocentric model of the solar system, his careful observations allowed Johannes Kepler to prove that Copernicus was essentially correct.

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Thomas also studied the heavens himself, and made observations of a supernova seen in 1572, some of which were used by Tycho Brahe in his analysis of that event.

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The figures, from left to right, are the astronomers Hipparchus, Copernicus, an anonymous ancient observer, Brahe and Ptolemy, each surrounded by symbols of his work.

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In 1572 a Danish astronomer named Tycho Brahe noticed a new star in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Graduates of St. John’s commissioned a functioning replica using Brahe’s original drawings and illustrations.

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A half-millennium later, when a “new and unusual” star briefly appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe proclaimed it “a miracle.”

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