References & Sources

Shedding light on an ancient supernova

Solving a long-standing puzzle, a new analysis of historical records suggests that Europeans, as well as Chinese and Japanese astronomers, witnessed the supernova explosion of A.D. 1054.

References:

Collins II, G.W., W.P. Claspy, and J.C. Martin. 1999. A reinterpretation of historical references to the supernova of A.D. 1054. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 111(July):871.

Sources:

George W. Collins II
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7215

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 6, August 7, 1999, p. 87. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.