Historical supernovae and their remnants
This text, written by two leading experts, reviews the historical observations of supernova explosions in our Galaxy over the past two thousand years and discusses modern observations of the remnants of these explosions at radio and other wavelengths.
Print Book,English, 2002
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2002
Observations
xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780198507666, 0198507666
50403827
1. Introduction
2. Sources of historical records of Galactic SNe
3. SNe, SNRs and pulsars
4. Was the Cas A SN observed by Flamsteed in AD 1680?
5. Kepler's SN of AD 1604
6. Tycho's SN of AD 1572
7. The SN of AD 1181
8. The SN of AD 1054
9. The SN of AD 1006
10. Probable and possible SNe before AD 1000
11. New stars which were not SNe
12. Future prospects A. Glossary of Chinese astronomical terms B. Some modern astronomical terminology C.A Catalogue of Galactic SNRs
References
Index