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Researchers Discover Ancient Observations Of A 1006 AD Supernova
Ancient astronomers have long been providing observations of supernovae, such as SN 185 by Chinese astronomers in 185 AD; SN 1054, which produced the Crab Nebula; and SN 1006, the brightest stellar event ever recorded. Now, a new paper has uncovered a new observation of the 1006 event.