Open AccessSTUDYING TYCHO’S STARS: A VIEW OF THE HEAVENS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TYCHO BRAHE
Author(s) -
Kimberly Richardson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
constellations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-0509
DOI - 10.29173/cons29348
Subject(s) - astronomer , perspective (graphical) , philosophy , classics , astronomy , art , art history , physics , visual arts
During his life time, the famed 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe made a convincing case for what came to be known as the Tychonic System. It was a picture of the heavens as he saw it from his observational complex Uraniborg. Yet despite the scientific prowess that marked everything Brahe did, the design of his system was powerfully influenced by a beliefs that had been in place since Ancient Greece.