Tycho Brahe Prize
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The Tycho Brahe Prize is awarded by the European Astronomical Society
. Inaugurated in 2008, the prize is awarded annually in recognition of the pioneering development or exploitation of European astronomical instrumentation, or major discoveries based largely on such instruments.
European Astronomical Society
The European Astronomical Society is a learned society, founded under the Swiss Civil Code in 1990, as an association to contribute and promote the advancement of astronomy in Europe, and to deal with astronomical matters at a European level...
. Inaugurated in 2008, the prize is awarded annually in recognition of the pioneering development or exploitation of European astronomical instrumentation, or major discoveries based largely on such instruments.
Tycho Brahe Prize Laureates
- 2008: Göran Scharmer (Sweden)http://ttt.astro.su.se/news/20080605en.html
- 2009: Françoise CombesFrançoise CombesFrançoise Combes is a French astrophysicist and a professor at the Paris Observatory.From 1971 to 1975 she studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure...
(France)http://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.136-jun09/messenger-no136-72.pdf - 2010: Raymond WilsonRaymond Wilson (physicist)Raymond N. Wilson is an English physicist and telescope optics designer. His first degree was in physics from the University of Birmingham, followed by studying engineering at Imperial College...
(UK)http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann1018/ - 2011: Michael Perryman http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/zah/