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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instanceOf astronomical treatise
scientific work
analyzes parallax of the new star
associatedPerson Tycho Brahe NERFINISHED
associatedWithConstellation Cassiopeia NERFINISHED
author Tycho Brahe NERFINISHED
challenges Aristotelian cosmology
doctrine of immutable heavens
concludes new star is beyond the Moon
new star is in the realm of fixed stars
contains positional tables
star charts
countryOfOrigin Denmark NERFINISHED
describes SN 1572 NERFINISHED
documents apparent magnitude of the 1572 supernova
brightness changes of the 1572 supernova
color changes of the 1572 supernova
era 16th century
field astronomy
astrophysics
genre observational astronomy
hasAuthorRole Tycho Brahe as observer
hasForm printed book
hasLatinTitle De nova stella NERFINISHED
hasSignificance important step toward modern cosmology
key evidence against Aristotelian immutability of the heavens
milestone in precision astronomical observation
historicalContext pre-telescopic astronomy
historicalPeriod Renaissance NERFINISHED
influenced Scientific Revolution NERFINISHED
early modern astronomy
later cosmological models
mainSubject new star in Cassiopeia
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
systematic astronomical observation

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SN 1572 documentedInWorkByTychoBrahe De nova stella