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the brightest recorded supernova is observed in the constellation of Lupus.

Jan 1, 1006

the brightest recorded supernova is observed in the constellation of Lupus.

Chinese and American Indian astronomers observe the Crab supernova explosion.

Jan 1, 1054

Chinese and American Indian astronomers observe the Crab supernova explosion.

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Period: Jan 1, 1105 to Jan 1, 1987

Chinese astronomers observe the SN1181 supernova

Jan 1, 1181

Tycho Brahe discovers his supernova in Cassiopeia.

Jan 1, 1572

Tycho Brahe discovers his supernova in Cassiopeia.

Johannes Kelper's supernova in Serpens is observed.

Jan 1, 1604

Johannes Kelper's supernova in Serpens is observed.

Alvan Clark observes Sirius B

Jan 1, 1862

William Huggins studies the spectrum of a nova and discovers that it is surrounded by a cloud of hydrogen

Jan 1, 1866

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Period: Jan 1, 1910 to Jan 1, 2007

Walter Sydney Adams determines an incredibly high density for sirius B

Jan 1, 1914

Ralph Fowler uses Fermi-Dirac statistics to explain white dwarf stars

Jan 1, 1926

Robert Oppenheimer and George Volkoff calculate the first neutron star models

Jan 1, 1939

Riccardo Giacconi, Herbert Gursky, Frank Paolini and Bruno Rossi discover scorpius x-1

Jan 1, 1962

Jocelyn Bell and Antony Hewish discover radio pulses from a pulsar

Jan 1, 1967

Thomas Gold proposes that pulsars are rotating neutron stars

Jan 1, 1968