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.[1]

Tycho Brahe Prize
Awarded forIn recognition of the development or exploitation of European instruments, or major discoveries based largely on such instruments.
CountryEurope
Presented byEuropean Astronomical Society
First awarded2008
Websitehttp://eas.unige.ch/tycho_brahe_prize.jsp

Tycho Brahe Prize laureates

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The following persons have received the Tycho Brahe Prize:[2]

Year Name Contribution
2008 Göran Scharmer He is one of the leading solar physicists with a remarkable track record in advancing ground-based solar observations.[3]
2009 Françoise Combes She has done fundamental work in the area of dynamics of galaxies, on the interstellar medium in extragalactic systems, molecular absorption lines in the intergalactic medium, and on Dark Matter in the Universe.[4]
2010 Raymond Wilson His profound theoretical and practical knowledge of optics and his vision for achieving optical perfection led him to the concept of Active Optics which changed the world of large telescopes overnight: No major telescope will any longer be built without Active Optics.[5]
2011 Michael Perryman For his crucial role in the fostering of high precision, global stellar astrometry from space, in particular the development of the Hipparcos mission.[6]
2012 Reinhard Genzel In recognition of his outstanding contributions to European near-infrared astronomy, through the development of sophisticated instrumentation, and for ground-breaking work in galactic and extra-galactic astronomy leading to the best evidence to date for the existence of black holes.[7]
2013 Massimo Tarenghi In recognition of his central role in the development of the European Southern Observatory facilities that have resulted in Europe's world-leading role in ground-based astronomy.[8]
2014 Antoine Labeyrie In recognition of his innovative concepts and inventions now widely used in modern optical imaging at high angular resolution
2015 Michel Mayor In recognition of the development of instrumentation, which led to his discovery of the first extra-solar planet orbiting a solar-type star and to his leading role in this domain during the last twenty years
2016 Joachim Trümper In recognition of his visionary development of X-ray instrumentation, from balloon experiments and the discovery of cyclotron lines probing the magnetic field of neutron stars to his leadership and strong scientific involvement in the ROSAT mission.
2017 Bernard Delabre In recognition of his leading role in the optical design of astronomical telescopes, cameras and spectrographs over the past 40 years.
2018 Andrzej Udalski In recognition of the role as driving force behind OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment), one of the most successful and longest running sky-variability surveys ever undertaken. OGLE has made a significant impact on many fields in modern astrophysics.
2019 Guy Monnet For fundamental contributions to the development and implementation of 3D spectroscopy on optical and infrared telescopes and for his international leadership of observatory instrumentation programmes.
2020 Stefano Vitale For leading the LISA Pathfinder mission which has demonstrated with extraordinary precision the technology required for the future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna whose fundamental aim is to observe low frequency gravitational waves from space. [9]
2021 Frank Eisenhauer[10] For his leadership of the SINFONI and GRAVITY instruments on the ESO VLT, which revolutionized the study of exoplanets, super-massive black holes, and star forming galaxies in the Early Universe.
2022 Jean-Luc Starck[11] For the development of novel astro-statistics methods and open source analysis tools which have enabled optimal scientific exploitation of astronomical data obtained from European space and ground based facilities leading to major discoveries in extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology.[12]
2023 Anton Zensus For major advances in Very Long Baseline Interferometry that led to the first images of the shadow of the black holes in the galaxy M87 and in our own Galactic centre.[13]
2024 Francesco Pepe For the development and exploitation of ultra-stable highresolution spectrographs which revolutionised the detection and characterisation of

small-mass exoplanets.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tycho Brahe Prize". European Astronomical Society. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Tycho Brahe Prize". Homepage. European Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  3. ^ "First Tycho Brahe Prize Awarded to Prof. Dr. Göran Scharmer" (PDF). European Astronomical Society Press Release. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Tycho Brahe Prize 2009 Awarded to French Astrophysicist" (PDF). European Astronomical Society Press Release. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Tycho Brahe Prize 2010 Awarded to ESO Telescope Designer". ESO Announcement. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Tycho Brahe Prize to Prof. Michael Perryman" (PDF). European Astronomical Society Press Release. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Tycho Brahe Prize 2012 Awarded to Reinhard Genzel". ESO Announcement. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  8. ^ "2013 Tycho Brahe Prize Awarded to Massimo Tarenghi". ESO Announcement. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Tycho Brahe Medal". European Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Frank Eisenhauer". www.mpe.mpg.de. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  11. ^ "Jean-Luc Starck". Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  12. ^ "European Astronomical Society 2022 Prizes" (PDF). European Astronomical Society. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  13. ^ "European Astronomical Society 2023 Prizes" (PDF). European Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  14. ^ "European Astronomical Society 2024 Prizes" (PDF). European Astronomical Society. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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