Tycho Brahe Planetarium Tycho Brahe Planetarium The Tycho Brahe Planetarium is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the southern end of Skt. Jørgens Sø. It is named after astronomer Tycho Brahe. It was designed by MAA Knud Munk and opened on November 1, 1989. The planetarium is built where the theater Saltlageret was previously located. The foundation stone was placed on February 22, 1988, and the planetarium opened on November 1, 1989. The financial basis for building the planetarium was a 50,000,000 DKK donation by Bodil and Helge Petersen to the Urania foundation, which administered the construction of the planetarium. In the Dome Theatre
European Astronomical Society , the president of the Society is Thierry Courvoisier (Switzerland). Maarten Baes (Belgium) serves as the "EAS Newsletter" editor. Since 2008 the European Astronomical Society has awarded the annual Tycho Brahe Prize, named in honour of the influential sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. The prize is given in recognition of the development or exploitation of European instruments, or major discoveries based largely on such instruments. Since 2010 the EAS awards the Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture to honour astronomers of outstanding scientific distinction. Since 2013 the EAS is also awarding the MERAC Prizes for young European astronomers. There are yearly three