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"They must be secretary birds," he whispered; "known as the Serpentarius cristatus. They are determined enemies of serpents, and will attack the most venomous without fear. The secretary bird is so called on account of that crest at the back of his head, which looks something like a pen stuck behind the ear.
A similar phenomenon occurred in the year 1604, when the new star in this case appearing in the constellation of Serpentarius was explained by Kepler as probably proceeding from a vast combustion. This explanation in which Kepler is said to have followed. Tycho is fully in accord with the most recent theories on the subject, as we shall see in due course.
The generosity of the Emperor did not fail to excite the jealousy of ignorant individuals, who were not aware of the value of science to the state; but the increasing fame of Kepler, and the valuable works which he published, soon silenced their opposition. In September 1604, astronomers were surprised with the appearance of a new star in the foot of Serpentarius.
Not one of them knew Orion when they saw him in the sky, and yet even Clara thought me dreadfully stupid because I could not find out on the globe the altitude of Beta in Serpentarius, at New Orleans, at three o'clock in the morning." Edmund could not help laughing at her half-complaining, half-humorous tone, and this encouraged her to proceed.
On a sudden, November 11th, it was as bright as Venus at her brightest. In the following March it was of the first magnitude. It exhibited various hues of color in a few months, and disappeared in March, 1574. The star that suddenly appeared in Serpentarius, in Kepler's time , was at first brighter than Venus.
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