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SN 1054 (Crab Supernova) was a supernova
Supernova

A supernova is a Astronomy#Stellar astronomy explosion. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months....
 that was widely seen on Earth
Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
 in the year 1054. It was recorded by Chinese
Chinese astronomy

Astronomy in China has a very long history. Oracle bones from the Shang Dynasty record eclipses and novae. Detailed records of astronomical observations were kept from about the 6th century BC until the introduction of Western astronomy and the telescope in the 16th century....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese, and Arab astronomers
Islamic astronomy

In the history of astronomy, Islamic astronomy or Arabic astronomy refers to the astronomical developments made in the Islamic world, particularly during the Islamic Golden Age , and mostly written in the Arabic language....
 as being bright enough to see in daylight for 23 days and was visible in the night sky for 653 days. The progenitor star was located in the Milky Way
Milky Way

The Milky Way, sometimes called simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies....
 galaxy at a distance of 6,300 light years and exploded as a core-collapse supernova.

There is also evidence the Mimbres
Mimbres

Mimbres may refer to:*Mogollon culture#Mimbres culture a subdivision of Mogollon culture;*Mogollon culture#Mimbres pottery style or designs, a particular style of pottery decoration from the Mimbres culture;...
 and Anasazi Native Americans saw and recorded SN 1054; an Anasazi cliff painting near the great house of Penasco Blanco
Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park and it is a portion of a UNESCO World Heritage Site hosting the densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest....
 may portray it.

It has also been claimed that an obscure entry in a number of Irish monastic annals originally referred to SN 1054 but was subsequently corrupted, becoming in the process an allegorical fantasy based on the legend of the Antichrist
Antichrist

The Antichrist is one who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of New Testament view on Jesus' life while resembling him in a deceptive manner....
.

The cloudy remnants of SN 1054 are now known as the Crab Nebula
Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula  is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus . The nebula was first observed by John Bevis, and corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by Chinese astronomy and Islamic astronomy astronomers SN 1054....
.






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SN 1054 (Crab Supernova) was a supernova
Supernova

A supernova is a Astronomy#Stellar astronomy explosion. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months....
 that was widely seen on Earth
Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
 in the year 1054. It was recorded by Chinese
Chinese astronomy

Astronomy in China has a very long history. Oracle bones from the Shang Dynasty record eclipses and novae. Detailed records of astronomical observations were kept from about the 6th century BC until the introduction of Western astronomy and the telescope in the 16th century....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese, and Arab astronomers
Islamic astronomy

In the history of astronomy, Islamic astronomy or Arabic astronomy refers to the astronomical developments made in the Islamic world, particularly during the Islamic Golden Age , and mostly written in the Arabic language....
 as being bright enough to see in daylight for 23 days and was visible in the night sky for 653 days. The progenitor star was located in the Milky Way
Milky Way

The Milky Way, sometimes called simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies....
 galaxy at a distance of 6,300 light years and exploded as a core-collapse supernova.

There is also evidence the Mimbres
Mimbres

Mimbres may refer to:*Mogollon culture#Mimbres culture a subdivision of Mogollon culture;*Mogollon culture#Mimbres pottery style or designs, a particular style of pottery decoration from the Mimbres culture;...
 and Anasazi Native Americans saw and recorded SN 1054; an Anasazi cliff painting near the great house of Penasco Blanco
Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park and it is a portion of a UNESCO World Heritage Site hosting the densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest....
 may portray it.

It has also been claimed that an obscure entry in a number of Irish monastic annals originally referred to SN 1054 but was subsequently corrupted, becoming in the process an allegorical fantasy based on the legend of the Antichrist
Antichrist

The Antichrist is one who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of New Testament view on Jesus' life while resembling him in a deceptive manner....
.

The cloudy remnants of SN 1054 are now known as the Crab Nebula
Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula  is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus . The nebula was first observed by John Bevis, and corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by Chinese astronomy and Islamic astronomy astronomers SN 1054....
. The nebula is also referred to as Messier 1 or M1; being the first Messier Object
Messier object

The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects first listed by France astronomy Charles Messier in his "Catalogue des N?buleuses et des Amas d'?toiles" included in the Connaissance des Temps for 1774 ....
 cataloged in 1774. X-rays from this object were detected in April 1963 with a high-altitude rocket of type Aerobee with an X-ray detector developed at the Naval Research Laboratory; the X-ray source was named Taurus
Taurus (constellation)

Taurus is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for cattle, and its symbol is , a stylized bull's head. Taurus is a large and prominent constellation in the northern hemisphere's winter sky, between Aries to the west and Gemini to the east; to the north lie Perseus and Auriga , to the southeast Orion , to the south E...
 X-1, and the energy emitted in X-rays by the Crab nebula is about 100 times more than that emitted in the visual light.

A pulsating radio source, now known as the Crab Pulsar
Crab Pulsar

The Crab Pulsar is a relatively young neutron star. The star is the central star in the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant of the supernova SN 1054, which was widely observed on Earth in the year 1054. Discovered in 1968, the pulsar was the first to be connected with a supernova remnant....
, lies in the heart of the nebula.

See also

  • List of supernova remnants
    List of supernova remnants

    This is a list of observed supernova remnants.See also* SupernovaReferences...


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