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Brahe, Tycho

[Brahe, Tyge; Brahe, Tycho de]

Born: December 14, 1546, Knudstrup, Skåne [Engl. Scania; Germ. Schonen], Denmark (since 1658 to Sweden)
Died: October 24, 1601, Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)

Astronomer

Note: Often called simply Tycho. This have to be taken into account when searching the Web or data bases.

External documents

Biographies, bibliographies and references

• Biographical data and references
• Biography and references (Encycl. Brit.)
• Biography
• Biography (Or see mirror in Canada)
• Biography
• Biography (in Danish)
• Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Short biography, references and links
• Short biography and references (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove)
• Short biography and references
• Short biography and references (in German)
• Short biography
• Short biography
• Very short biography and links (7 Dec 1998: disappeared)
• Very short biography and links
• Very short biography
• Very short biography
• Very short biography
• Britannica Online entries
• Tycho Brahe Measures the Sky (Astronomy Picture of the Day)
• Tycho Brahes observations of Mars
• The Observations of Tycho Brahe
• Brahe, Tycho: Astronomiae instauratae mechanica, 1602
  In image form. Introduction by Ronald Brashear.
• Bibliography
• Bibliography (Library of Congress entries for Brahe, Tycho)
• Bibliography (Library of Congress entries for Brahe, Tyge)
• Bibliography (ADS entries)
• References (Library of Congress entries for Brahe, Tycho)
• References (Library of Congress entries for Brahe, Tyge)
• References (Library of Congress entries for Brahe, TAyge [misspelling])
• References (Library of Congress entries for Hven (Island))
• References (Library of Congress entries for Ven Island)
• References (Library of Congress entries for Ven Islands)
• References (ADS entries)

Search also in:

• Biographical Index to Sky and Telescope by Kevin Krisciunas (Or see here.)
• Planetary Nomenclature Alphabetic Index
  Search for "Tycho"
• World Biographical Index
  Search for "Brahe, T"

Places

• Tycho Brahe's Castle, Uraniborg, and his Observatory, Stjärneborg
  Including biographical information.
• Tycho Brahe relics on the island of Ven
  Uraniborg Renaissance Garden, Stjerneborg, Tycho Brahe Museum
• Tycho Brahe - Lord of the Stars (6 Oct 1998: disappeared)
  Exhibition at Landskrona, Sweden, 12 April - 15 September 1996
• The Grave of Tycho de Brahe, Prague, Czech Republic
• Tynsky chram, kde je pohrben Tycho Brahe - Tyn - the church in which Tycho Brahe is buried, Prague
• Pomnik Tychona Brahe a Johanna Keplera - Memorial of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler, Prague

Namings

• Astronomiska Sällskapet Tycho Brahe (in Swedish)
  Tycho Brahe Astronomical Society, Sweden
• Tycho Brahe Observatory, Oxie, Sweden
• Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen, Denmark
• The Tycho Catalogue

Further links

• Links to WWW sources
• Links to WWW sources
  See section "Tycho-Brahe Länkar"
• Find more about Brahe with Alta Vista

Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 7 Dec 1998. Latest update: 8 Jan 2003