Arab Scholars May Have Noted the Supernovae of 1006 and 1181

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory's view of planetary nebula Pa 30, one of the prime suspects for SN 1181. Credit: NASA/Chandra.

It’s great to see old astronomical observations come to light. Not only can these confirm or refute what’s known about historic astronomical events, but they can describe what early observers actually saw. A recent study cites two Arabic texts that may refer to accounts of two well-known supernovae seen in our galaxy: one in 1006 AD and another in 1181 AD.

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