He Saw A New Star!
Even before telescopes were invented, he realized he was witnessing a new star!
Today's astronomy says it is an exploding star, a supernova.
SN 1572 - image source: earthsky.org
Tycho Brahe even wrote a book about it, based on what he observed in 1572.
bquote2ON A NEW STAR, NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN WITHIN THE MEMORY OF ANY AGE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD
ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN 1572
Last year (1572), in the month of November, on the eleventh day of that month, in the evening after sunset, when, according to my habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed that a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy, was shining almost directly above my head; and since I had, almost from boyhood, known all the stars of the heavens perfectly (there is no great difficulty in attaining that knowledge), it was quite evident to me that there had never before been any star in that place in the sky, even the smallest, to say nothing of a star so conspicuously bright as this. I was so astonished at this sight that I was not ashamed to doubt the trustworthiness of my own eyes. But when I observed that others, too, on having the place pointed out to them, could see that there was really a star there, I had no further doubts. A miracle indeed, either the greatest of all that have occurred in the whole range of nature since the beginning of the world, or one certainly that is to be classed with those attested by the Holy Oracles, the staying of the Sun in its course in answer to the prayers of Joshua, and the darkening of the Sun's face at the time of the Crucifixion.
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book: On A New Star - Tycho Brahe
The wise men also saw a star, and it led them to Jesus.
Stars do sometimes newly appear. The last time a new star was observed being "born" in our galaxy was in 1604. At the time, it was the appearance of a "new" star, but today's astronomy says it is a star being destroyed, making bright light as it explodes.
Today's astronomy says it is an exploding star, a supernova.
SN 1572 - image source: earthsky.org
Tycho Brahe even wrote a book about it, based on what he observed in 1572.
bquote2ON A NEW STAR, NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN WITHIN THE MEMORY OF ANY AGE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD
ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN 1572
Last year (1572), in the month of November, on the eleventh day of that month, in the evening after sunset, when, according to my habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed that a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy, was shining almost directly above my head; and since I had, almost from boyhood, known all the stars of the heavens perfectly (there is no great difficulty in attaining that knowledge), it was quite evident to me that there had never before been any star in that place in the sky, even the smallest, to say nothing of a star so conspicuously bright as this. I was so astonished at this sight that I was not ashamed to doubt the trustworthiness of my own eyes. But when I observed that others, too, on having the place pointed out to them, could see that there was really a star there, I had no further doubts. A miracle indeed, either the greatest of all that have occurred in the whole range of nature since the beginning of the world, or one certainly that is to be classed with those attested by the Holy Oracles, the staying of the Sun in its course in answer to the prayers of Joshua, and the darkening of the Sun's face at the time of the Crucifixion.
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book: On A New Star - Tycho Brahe
The wise men also saw a star, and it led them to Jesus.
Matthew 2:1-2 KJV | Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Stars do sometimes newly appear. The last time a new star was observed being "born" in our galaxy was in 1604. At the time, it was the appearance of a "new" star, but today's astronomy says it is a star being destroyed, making bright light as it explodes.
Jun 27, 2026, 6:35:51 PM | by Admin