[bkm2304 (Richard Brown)]

Hello all,

Tycho taken yesterday morning between clouds with excellent seeing.

Tycho Brahae (1546-1601) unsurpassed Danish observationist, Kepler Bully, duel loser (he had a prosthetic nose after a duel loss) and steadfast believer in a Earth-centred universe despite the results - his own - staring him in the face. On the positive side he discovered a supernova in Cassiopeia, which he deduced was beyond the moon, and also proffered the notion that comets were not "ätmospheric" in origin.

Street crater after Thomas Street (1621-1689) noted calculator of eclipses and influenced Newton and Halley.

Pictet named for Marc-Auguste Pictet (1752-1825) all-round scientist based in Geneva who for some reason published the Bibliotheque Britannique - a journal describing mainly British contributions to science, arts and literature.


Celestron Edge HD 14" and ZWO 178 MM camera. Approx 3500 frames with best 3% stacked in Autostakkert!3 and sharpened in Registax. Bintel Red Filter.

Thanks

Richard