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The John J. McCarthy Observatory in New Milford will present its next Second Saturday Stars program, Thycho at Uraniborg: Astronomy Before the Telescope, Jan. 11.<\/p>\n
The program will run from 7 to 9 p.m. at the observatory located behind New Milford High School on Route 7 South.<\/p>\n
Tycho Brahe was the worlds foremost astronomer just before Galileo first turned the telescope on the night sky.<\/p>\n
It was Tychos accurate data that Kepler used to formulate his three Laws of Planetary Motion.<\/p>\n
He as a well-educated Danish nobleman who was given his own island by the King of Denmark to use for his observatory.<\/p>\n
Tycho led one of the most colorful lives in history.<\/p>\n
The program will address his early life, why he wore a prosthetic nose, what happened to his pet elk, how his good manners killed him, and what has happened to him after he died.<\/p>\n
The design and construction of his observatory and home will also be discussed as well as their reconstruction.<\/p>\n
His instruments and observations and some of his other work will also be presented.<\/p>\n
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