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The supernova SN 1006 appeared in the southern constellation of Lupus during the year 1006 CE. This was the brightest recorded star ever to appear in the night sky, and its presence was noted in China, Egypt, Iraq, Italy, Japan and Switzerland. It may also have been noted in France, Syria, and North America.
SN 1006 was a supernova that is likely the brightest observed stellar event in recorded history, reaching an estimated −7.5 visual magnitude, [3] and exceeding roughly sixteen times the brightness of Venus.
SN 1054 remnant (Crab Nebula)A supernova is an event in which a star destroys itself in an explosion which can briefly become as luminous as an entire galaxy.This list of supernovae of historical significance includes events that were observed prior to the development of photography, and individual events that have been the subject of a scientific paper that contributed to supernova theory.
The Hubble Telescope has shed new light on one of the brightest events ever witnessed in the universe. In 2015, scientists thought they witnessed the brightest supernova ever recorded, but it ...
In October 2007, Quimby announced that SN 2005ap had broken SN 2006gy's record as the brightest-ever recorded supernova, and several subsequent discoveries are brighter still. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Time magazine listed the discovery of SN 2006gy as third in its Top 10 Scientific Discoveries for 2007.
GRB 221009A is only the seventh gamma-ray burst known to have generated these rings, [10] and as of March 2023, a record twenty X-ray afterglow rings had been identified around the burst, triple the previous record. [45] [10] The afterglow of GRB 221009A was the brightest ever recorded, beating the record of GRB 030329. [46]
The brightest recorded supernova was SN 1006, ... The most luminous supernova ever recorded is ASASSN-15lh, at a distance of 3.82 gigalight-years.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen, with features appearing like grains and knots found in a cut of wood. "Once upon a time ...