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Jan 1, 1006
the brightest recorded supernova is observed in the constellation of Lupus.
the brightest recorded supernova is observed in the constellation of Lupus. -
Jan 1, 1054
Chinese and American Indian astronomers observe the Crab supernova explosion.
Chinese and American Indian astronomers observe the Crab supernova explosion. -
Period: Jan 1, 1105 to
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Jan 1, 1181
Chinese astronomers observe the SN1181 supernova
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Jan 1, 1572
Tycho Brahe discovers his supernova in Cassiopeia.
Tycho Brahe discovers his supernova in Cassiopeia. -
Johannes Kelper's supernova in Serpens is observed.
Johannes Kelper's supernova in Serpens is observed. -
Alvan Clark observes Sirius B
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William Huggins studies the spectrum of a nova and discovers that it is surrounded by a cloud of hydrogen
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Walter Sydney Adams determines an incredibly high density for sirius B
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Ralph Fowler uses Fermi-Dirac statistics to explain white dwarf stars
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Robert Oppenheimer and George Volkoff calculate the first neutron star models
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Riccardo Giacconi, Herbert Gursky, Frank Paolini and Bruno Rossi discover scorpius x-1
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Jocelyn Bell and Antony Hewish discover radio pulses from a pulsar
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Thomas Gold proposes that pulsars are rotating neutron stars
