Astronomer Tycho Brahe (18 images)

Created 26 Jan 2009.

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Set of images connected to astronomer Tycho Brahe and of his grave at Teyn Church in Prague. A team of Danish scientists sent a letter of request to a parish of Prague's Týn Church, asking permission to exhume the body of a famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations. Tycho was well known in his lifetime as an astronomer and alchemist.