Obverse of a medal commemorating the bright comet of 1577.

Obverse of a medal commemorating the bright comet of 1577. Known as Brahe's comet, this is the comet which convinced the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) that there is change beyond the sphere of the Moon. It is shown in his system of the universe published in his "Mundi aetherei recentioribus Phaenomensis" (1589).

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14 x 14 inches / 36 x 35 cm

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