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To: RightWhale
This would be in the time range to be part of the historical record.

This isn't the one described in some Chinese annals, is it?
8 posted on 01/20/2003 8:02:47 AM PST by aruanan
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To: aruanan
No. That would be the supernova of 1054, which is today's Crab Nebula.
9 posted on 01/20/2003 11:48:17 AM PST by petuniasevan (This site is still free to use. But do the right thing. Help support FR!)
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To: aruanan
the one described in some Chinese annals

It would be tough to find an explicit record of this one, but it could have been noticed and been entered into the spoken tradition--mythology. The event was probably too far away to have had a significant effect aside from being visible.

11 posted on 01/20/2003 12:24:45 PM PST by RightWhale
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