De nova stella
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De nova stella is Tycho Brahe’s seminal 1573 treatise in which he meticulously documented and analyzed the supernova of 1572, challenging the Aristotelian view of an unchanging celestial realm.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| De nova stella canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
astronomical treatise
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scientific work ⓘ |
| analyzes | parallax of the new star ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Tycho Brahe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConstellation | Cassiopeia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Tycho Brahe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| challenges |
Aristotelian cosmology
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doctrine of immutable heavens ⓘ |
| concludes |
new star is beyond the Moon
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new star is in the realm of fixed stars ⓘ |
| contains |
positional tables
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star charts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes | SN 1572 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documents |
apparent magnitude of the 1572 supernova
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brightness changes of the 1572 supernova ⓘ color changes of the 1572 supernova ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| field |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ |
| genre | observational astronomy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Tycho Brahe as observer ⓘ |
| hasForm | printed book ⓘ |
| hasLatinTitle | De nova stella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
important step toward modern cosmology
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key evidence against Aristotelian immutability of the heavens ⓘ milestone in precision astronomical observation ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-telescopic astronomy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Scientific Revolution
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early modern astronomy ⓘ later cosmological models ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
new star in Cassiopeia
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supernova of 1572 ⓘ |
| observationalSiteMentioned | Hven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1573 ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | appearance of a new star in Cassiopeia in 1572 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports | celestial changeability ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | 1572–1573 ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | On the New Star ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
positional measurements of stars
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systematic astronomical observation ⓘ |
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