Tycho's supernova (SN 1572)
Supernova de Tycho (Stella Nova)
- Date
- 1572 · confidence high
- Place
- Herrevad Abbey, Scania, Sweden
- Credited to
- Tycho Brahe
- People
- 👤 Tycho Brahe1546–1601
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
By showing the absence of parallax, Tycho demonstrated that the new star in Cassiopeia lay beyond the Moon, refuting the Aristotelian immutability of the heavens.
The remnant was detected in radio and X-rays in the 20th century.
What it led to
- End of Aristotelian cosmology
- Uraniborg observational programme
- Concept of a supernova
Built on
Made possible
- Great Comet of 1577 beyond the Moon1577
- Tycho's astronomical sextant