Astronomical Images : Intersection between the plane of the ecliptic and the plane of the comet
Tycho Brahe
Astronomical Images
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Tycho Brahe produced his <i>De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis</i> at his own press on the island of Hven in 1588. The work was originally intended to be the second part of a three-volume series dealing with the nova of 1572, the comet of 1577, and other comets that Tycho had observed; for this reason, it was not immediately distributed commercially, despite being printed in a run of 1500 copies. A number of individuals received copies or partial-copies as gifts. This figure shows the plane of the circuit of the comet AMPK and of the ecliptic AQPH, intersecting at A and P.</p>