By Hans Radder
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Tycho’s account of the phenomenon – the first scientifically-studied supernova – was published in Copenhagen in 1573 and was the basis for his subsequent reputation as a first-class astronomer. Tycho’s supernova proved to be an important milestone in the history of astronomy, since nothing like it had been seen before in living memory. Of course, nobody at the time knew that the phenomenon was caused by the explosive death of a star some 7,500 light years away within our own Galaxy (meaning that it had actually exploded around 5900 BCE, when Europe was in the Stone Age and the first signs of civilization had begun to emerge in Mesopotamia and China).
Continuing his life’s work, Tycho began compiling a new set of astronomical tables based on nearly four decades of observation of the stars and the motions of the planets; these were to be called the Rudolphine Tables in honor of their imperial sponsor. Eyes on the Skies 35 Planetary Law-Maker At Prague, Tycho was assisted in his work on the Rudolphine Tables by a gifted young German mathematician named Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), who went on to complete the project following Tycho’s death in 1601.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) correctly attributed the Earthshine to light reflected by the Earth back in 1506. ” 56 Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy Earthshine adorns the young crescent Moon (Credit: Peter Grego) A New World When he first turned his telescope to the Moon, Galileo was amazed to discover that subtly mottled disk of old transformed into a rugged world that looked very much like parts of Earth. Large dark areas that Galileo calls “great spots” have been known since time immemorial; these features, known as the Moon’s “maria” (Latin for “seas”), were observed to be relatively smooth, dark plains.