Alanwestseanthompsonhistoricalproject

Stonehenge was a large monument in a small area between England and Scotland called Wiltshire. It is a large circular object made up of several large standing stones. It was theorized to be created by most people between 2500-2300 BC, but other theories suggest anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. It is located at the center of the world's densest neolithic and bronze age monuments. It is largely theorized to be a burial ground and cremated remains have been found in the area dating back to around 3000 BC. Scientists suggest that it could have been an ancient observatory. It has an opening on the Northeast side of it which is said to have been built on the equinox, and the other stones folloewd on the solstice. On the solstice at Stonehenge, you can see the sun's first rays shining through the horesshoe as acknowledged by the astronomer William Stunkley.
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Tycho Brahe was an astronomer in the 1500s. He was famous for building large tools for astronomical measurement and having the most accurate measurements of his time period. Johannes Kepler was an assistant to him, and he helped him develop the laws of planetary motion using his measurements. Tycho was an interesting character though, and his life consisted of many strange moments. One interesting fact is that, being from around that time and place, he was a relatively good duelist. In one duel, he lost part of his nose to a man named Manderup Parsbjerg. This duel happened around Christmas time in 1566 after both of them had done a fair ammount of drinking. He also owned a dwarf named Jepp. This dwarf would dance and perform for him as a court jester. He owned many other things as well, but this sort of stands out as being unique. At one point it is said that he alone held 1% of the wealth in all of denmark around the 1580s. Also, he owned a tame elk. Most people keep pets, but that one's not very common. This elk, however, died on a visit to entertain a noble in Lanskrona. Apparently the elk had drunk a decent ammount of beer and died falling down this noble's stairs.

Obviously, between stonehenge, Tycho Brahe's doings, and now, astronomical measures and the study of the stars has come a long way. Heck, stonehenge might even be unrelated to astronomy. It's very possible that it's coincidental. Whatever the case, from that to Tycho Brahe's large tools and brilliant calculations, there was a massive ammount of movement. Then we look at what happened soon after, the Hubble telescope, actually landing on the moon, all of our mars rovers, and all the scouts we've sent out to map the stars, we've truly made an improvement. The best part is that we can only improve from here. We're going to go so far we don't even know it. We are making a fantastic breakthrough with it, and we well go very far.