Astronomy Rundetaarn - HISTORY
RUNDETAARN www.rundetaarn.dk search HISTORY Centuries of Astronomy Astronomy in Denmark Erling Poulsen Make Bookmark Prehistoric astronomy? Apart from the Vikings, who without doubt navigated and kept track of time by means of the stars, the first important Danish astronomer was Peder Nightingale. In 1274 he observed the sunlatitude from Roskilde where he was a canon, and based on these ...
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