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Tycho Brahe and The Island of Hven
Science History Tour 2007
David A KatzDavid A. KatzDepartment of Chemistry
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The Island of HvenTycho Brahe Museum
Tycho Brahe, Danish Astronomer, 14 December 1546 – 24 November 1601
Highlights of The Life of Tycho Brahe
• 1566. Tycho Brahe studies in Rostock. During a duel between two noblemen (Tyco was a bystander) part of his nose(Tyco was a bystander), part of his nose was accidentally cut off in an accident. Tycho had an artificial nose made, from an alloy believed to be composed of y pgold, silver and some copper.
• In the evening of the 11th of November 1572, Tycho Brahe observed a new star (a super nova) in the constellation(a super nova) in the constellation Cassiopeia and publishes his findings about the "new star", Stella Nova (“I” on the drawing at right)g g )
In 1576, Tycho Brahe received the island Hven from King Fredrik II. , y g
• 8 August 1576. The foundation of the castle Uranienborg on the island.
• Tycho Brahe studies the stars in his observatory,stars in his observatory, which is mostly underground.
• Studies are made by the• Studies are made by the naked eye with carefully made instruments
d i t ltproducing accurate results.
The hedges in the center are the site of the former castle Uranienborg
Tycho’s medicinal alchemical garden today
Tycho’s observatory Stjerneborg today
• In 1597, Tycho Brahe loses the royal support and leaves the island ofsupport and leaves the island of Hven.
• Tycho goes to Wandsbech (nearTycho goes to Wandsbech (near Hamburg) and then to Prague.
• Emperor Rudolf II gives him the castle Benatky, 30 km from Prague, b h l hbut he later moves to a house in Prague suited for observations.
1600 J h K l i l d• 1600. Johannes Kepler is employed as an assistant.
• 1601. Tycho Brahe dies. (Believed to be by mercury poisoning )be by mercury poisoning.)
• Kepler writes down his last words: "Ne frustra vixisse videar" (May INe frustra vixisse videar (May I not seemed to have lived in vain).
Tycho Brahe’s tomb, Tyn Cathedral, Prague
The Tycho Brahe Museum is housed in the former All Saints' Church, Hven
Tycho’s precise astronomical measurements were partly due to p ythe large size apparatus.
Tycho’s statue next to the it f hi l h i lsite of his alchemical
garden, gazes at the stars
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