Astronomical Occasion
Saturday, December 14, at Copenhagen, 14 internationally famous astronomers will be awarded doctorates in recognition of their contributions to science. And the occasion will be remarkable, also, as the 400th anniversary of the birth of Tycho Brahe, the great Danish astronomer, who, after studying law at Copenhagen and Leipzig, turned to scientific astronomy in 1565. Brahe is chiefly notable for his services to practical astronomy, his observations being regarded as superior in accuracy to those of his predecessors. His theory of the relation of the earth to the sun and planets was a compromise betweerr those of Ptolemy and Copernicus. He was born in 1546 and died in 1601. From 2YA, on Thursday, December 12, a talk entitled "A Notable Anniversary: Tycho Brahe, First Scientific Astronomer," will be given at 7.15 p.m. by I. L. Thomsen, F.R.A.S., of the Carter Observatory, Wellington. The portrait on the right shows Tycho Brahe, wearing the Order of the Elephant, the highest Danish order (lately bestowed on Field-Marshal. Montgomery as a sign of thanks for the liberation of Denmark). Part of Brahe’s nose was
chopped off in a duel and forever after he wore an artificial nose-plate of an alloy of gold, silver, and copper. The picture at the top.of the page is of a model reconstruction of Brahe’s study at Uraniborg and shows, in the background, the large wall-quadrant he himself devised to measure the altitude of the stars.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 389, 6 December 1946, Page 9
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238Astronomical Occasion New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 389, 6 December 1946, Page 9
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