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Stjerneborg was Tycho Brahe's underground observatory next to his palace-observatory Uraniborg.


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Uraniborg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (240 words)
Nearby was Tycho's subterranean Stjerneborg observatory which he built when he found Uraniborg not stable enough for his precision instruments.
On losing support from the king Christian IV of Denmark Tycho abandoned Ven in 1597 and both Uraniborg and Stjerneborg were destroyed shortly after Tycho's death.
Stjerneborg was the subject of archeological excavations during the 1950s, the result of which was restoration of the observatory.
Tycho Brahe - Wikipedia (708 words)
In realtà questo effetto di parallasse esiste; non poteva essere osservato ad occhio nudo né con i telescopi dei duecento anni a seguire, perché anche le stelle più vicine sono molto più lontane di quanto gli astronomi dell'epoca ritenessero possibile.
Il Re Federico II di Danimarca e Norvegia, impressionato dalle osservazioni di Brahe del 1572, finanziò la costruzione di due osservatori a Ven: Uraniborg e Stjerneborg.
A causa di disaccordi con il nuovo Re Cristiano IV di Danimarca, si spostò a Praga nel 1599.
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