Modeling lines
Olstzyn Castle
- DOI:
- 10.17171/2-7-15-1
- Citation:
- Gerd Graßhoff, Gordon Fischer, Modeling lines , Olstzyn Castle, 2017, Copernicus' Heliograph, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-7-15-1
- License:
- Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE
- Rights: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE
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10.17171/2-7-15-1
Edition Topoi
Olstzyn Castle
Gerd Graßhoff, Gordon Fischer
Modeling lines
2017
Exactly 500 years ago, Nicolaus Copernicus drew a lattice of lines on a panel above the doorway to his rooms at Olsztyn Castle, then in Warmia. Although it has long been regarded as some kind of reflective vertical sundial, its exact purpose and techniques remained unknown. Our recent 3D model of the panel has been examined using modern methods of data analysis, has now solved the mystery: Copernicus created a heliograph to measure the longitudes of the Sun around the equinoxes. Copernicus had introduced new methods of observation at an early stage of the Scientific Revolution, but surprisingly did not refer to them in his principal work, De Revolutionibus. The data and modelling results of our analysis are made available in open access digital (Jupyter) notebooks. This notebook contains various modelling scenarios.
Edition Topoi
Olstzyn Castle
Gerd Graßhoff, Gordon Fischer
Modeling lines
2017
Exactly 500 years ago, Nicolaus Copernicus drew a lattice of lines on a panel above the doorway to his rooms at Olsztyn Castle, then in Warmia. Although it has long been regarded as some kind of reflective vertical sundial, its exact purpose and techniques remained unknown. Our recent 3D model of the panel has been examined using modern methods of data analysis, has now solved the mystery: Copernicus created a heliograph to measure the longitudes of the Sun around the equinoxes. Copernicus had introduced new methods of observation at an early stage of the Scientific Revolution, but surprisingly did not refer to them in his principal work, De Revolutionibus. The data and modelling results of our analysis are made available in open access digital (Jupyter) notebooks. This notebook contains various modelling scenarios.
Jupyter notebook
Gerd Graßhoff, Gordon Fischer
Editor
Copernicus' Heliograph
IPython Notebook
Jupyter
2017
Gerd Graßhoff, Gordon Fischer
Editor
Copernicus' Heliograph
IPython Notebook
Jupyter
2017
Exzellenzcluster 264 – Topoi
Museum of Warmia and Masuria in Olsztyn
Poland
Museum of Warmia and Masuria in Olsztyn
Poland
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE
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Astronomy, History of Science
Astronomy, History of Science