Domenico Maria Novara (Ferrara, 1454-1504) was an astronomer and for 21 years was a professor at Bologna's university, where he became famous as Nicolaus Copernicus' teacher. Ferrara, a town, an archiepiscopal see and a province in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ... Events February 4 - In the Thirteen Years War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. ... Events January 1 - French troops surrender Gaeta to the Spanish under Cordoba. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Nicolaus Copernicus (in Latin; Polish Mikołaj Kopernik, German Nikolaus Kopernikus); February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was a Polish astronomer, mathematician and economist who developed the heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the solar system in a form detailed enough to make it scientifically useful. ... In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill, including learning and thinking skills. ...

He was an astrologer, perhaps for economical reasons (as it was common at those times). An astrological chart (or horoscope) _ Y2K Chart — This particular chart is calculated for January 1, 2000 at 12:01:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time in New York City, New York, USA. (Longitude: 074W0023 - Latitude: 40N4251) Astrology (from Greek: αστρολογία = άστρον, astron, star + λόγος, logos, word) is...

Copernicus started out as Novara's student and then became his assistant and co-worker. Novara declared that his teacher was the famous astronomer Regiomontanus, who was once, in turn, the pupil of Peurbach. Johannes Müller von Königsberg (June 6, 1436 - July 6, 1476), Latin name Regiomontanus, was an important mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer of the 15th century. ...

Novara's writings are largely lost except for a few astrological almanacs, written for the university. An almanac from the arabic al-manaakh, the climate (also spelled almanack, especially in Commonwealth English) is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar. ...

On March 9, 1497 Novara witnessed the first Copernicus' observation, recorded in De revolutionibus orbium caelestium. Both men were described as free minds and free souls, and Novara believed that his findings would have shaken the unshakable Ptolemy's geocentric System. Events May 10 - Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World. ... Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contemporary German styling, in a 16th century engraved book frontispiece Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; c. ...