De Stella Nova
work by Kepler
Also known as: “De Stella Nova in Pede Serpentarii”
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discussed in biography
- In Johannes Kepler: Astronomical work of Johannes Kepler
…of a new star (1606; De Stella Nova, “On the New Star”). Kepler first noticed the star—now known to have been a supernova—in October 1604, not long after a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 1603. The astrological importance of the long-anticipated conjunction (such configurations take place every 20 years)…
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