Supernova in Cassiopeia: Really 2 Movies of SN1572A Tycho's Supernova and Astronomer of the Week: Tycho Brahe

 

I made two movies for the Astronomer of the Week series I am doing. This week it is on Tycho Brahe.  In there I also discuss  SN1572A and show from Stellarium what the brighttening would have looked like. 

This video is from October 26th to November 8th, 1572 and shows how the SN brightened in the night sky. 

This one will show you how it brigthened from October 27th, 28th, 31st, November 4th and November 17th, 1572. I picked the 17th of November as it is estimated that the SN reached peak brightness around the 16th of November 1572.  Then I show how it remained bright on the 17th of each month from December 1573 through February 1574 when it disappears from naked eye views. 

Finally here is the LINK for the Astronomer of the Week: Tycho Brahe which started me down this rabbit hole!