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Reviews in Modern Astronomy 2 pp 148–166Cite as

Optical Spectrophotometry of the Supernova 1987A in the LMC

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In AD 1054, Chinese astronomer Yang Wei-De observed a guest star (k’o-hsing) in the constellation T’ien-kuan (near ζ Tauri), yellow in colour. He interpreted its brightness as a heavenly sign that there was”a person of great worth”, a hypothesis willingly accepted by the Emperor. Yang Wei-De noted the brightness and colour changes of the guest-star which became what is now known as the Crab Nebula.

“... directly overhead, a certain strange star was suddenly seen, flashing its light with a radiant gleam and it struck my eyes ... I began to doubt the faith of my own eyes, and so ... I asked [the servants] whether they too could see a certain extremely bright star ... They immediately replied ... that they saw it completely.” Tycho Brahe, Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata (1602)

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Hanuschik, R.W. (1989). Optical Spectrophotometry of the Supernova 1987A in the LMC. In: Klare, G. (eds) Reviews in Modern Astronomy 2. Reviews in Modern Astronomy, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75183-7_14

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