The next part of our journey takes us to Denmark.

Danish astronomer and playboy Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) accepted an offer from King Frederick II to build an observatory in rural Denmark. The observatory was called Uraniborg:

http://www.friedensblitz.de/sterne/kometenangst/Tycho%20Brahe.html

Uraniborg was staffed entirely by young women, and probably not for their advanced training in astronomy.

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