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  • Tycho Brahe built the splendid observatory which he called Uraniborg, and, later, a second one for his assistants and students, called

    History of Astronomy George Forbes 1892

  • Recommending that Alses be escorted to Uraniborg which is currently a lot safer for him then Emmental.

    When Anime Past Meets Present 2009

  • Recommending that Alses be escorted to Uraniborg which is currently a lot safer for him then Emmental.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2009

  • He was set ashore to deliver letters to the astronomer Tycho Brahe, with whom Kepler actually spent several years at the observatory, Uraniborg, learning the principles of astronomy.

    COSMIC VOYAGES MARJORIE HOPE NICOLSON 1968

  • Another assistant, Longomontanus, who had been with Tycho at Uraniborg, was finding difficulty with the long series of Mars observations, and it was arranged that he should transfer his energies to the lunar observations, leaving those of Mars for Kepler.

    Kepler Bryant, Walter W 1920

  • He also intimated that his Uraniborg observations would provide more accurate determinations of the planetary orbits, and thus made Kepler eager to visit him, a project which as we shall see was more than fulfilled.

    Kepler Bryant, Walter W 1920

  • In any case it was at Uraniborg that the mass of observations was produced upon which the fame of Tycho Brahe rests.

    Kepler Bryant, Walter W 1920

  • His magnificent Observatory of Uraniborg, the finest building for astronomical purposes that the world had hitherto seen, was allowed to fall into decay, and scarcely more than mere indications of the site may now be seen.

    Kepler Bryant, Walter W 1920

  • There he set about altering the buildings in readiness for his instruments, for which he sent to Uraniborg.

    Kepler Bryant, Walter W 1920

  • Here Tycho built his celebrated observatory of Uraniborg and began observations in December,

    Kepler Bryant, Walter W 1920

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