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Schematic of Stjerneborg showing underground chambers A schematic of Tycho Brahe's subterranean astronomical observatory Stjerneborg (Stelleburgi). This plan-view schematic shows the observatory bounded by a square wall with semi-circular extensions on each side, the entrance on the left lies in the direction of the nearby palace Uraniborg. Annotations are: * A = Entrance with steps leading down into the main workroom (B) and (D) and (E), above are three lion sculptures and Latin inscriptions * B = The main Workroom containing (P) and (V) and passages to (C), (F), (G), and (Q) * C = chamber with large equatorial instrument * D = chamber with elevation and azimuth quadrant * E = chamber with armillary sphere * F = chamber with elevation and azimuth quadrant encompassed by a steel square * G = chamber with sextant for measuring distances * H = stone pillars one with a ball on top, the other angled, situated at the near side * I = stone pillars one with a ball on top, the other angled, situated at the far side * K, L, N and T = large balls, with conical covers, used for mounting instruments * M = Stone table, shown with sundial in Willem Blaeu's drawing * O = bed of Tycho Brahe * P = fireplace * Q = Tycho's assistant's bedroom * S = beginning of an underground passage to Uraniborg * V = worktable
Stjerneborg Tycho Brahe's Stjerneborg from Johan Blaeu's Atlas Major, Amsterdam 1662, vol. 1 This image is a drawing by Willem Blaeu of the Stjerneborg observatory circa 1595, it is taken from an Atlas by his son, Johan Blaeu, published in 1662 in Amsterdam.
Early depiction of a "Dutch telescope" from 1624 Composed of a convex and a concave lens, these so-called Dutch telescopes do not invert the image.
Lipperhey's unsuccessful patent request on the telescope in 1608 These are the words written down after Johannes Lipperhey unsuccessfully requested a patent for the invention of the telescope back in 1608.
Galileo Draft Letter 1609 Although draft of an August letter, in the late 1970s was it determined that the "doodles" on the lower half depict the positions of the Galilean moons on the nights in January when Galileo first observed them, thus proving that this document contains the original notes he took on the nights he made his observations.
Copernicus' heliocentric model Cropped image of page 9 verso of the autograph manuscript of Nicolaus Copernicus' De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
Copernicus' heliocentric model from De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
