Historical Supernovae and Their Remnants

Informationen zum Autor F.R. Stephenson:Department of Physics, Rochester Building, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE0191 374 2153 tel[phone] [e-mail], Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 22/04/41D. A. Green:Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE01223 337305 tel[phone] [e-mail], Kingston-upon-Hull, 22/12/59 This book also includes as an appendix an up-to-date catalogue of over two hundred known Galactic SNRs. Zusammenfassung 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.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Sources of historical records of galactic supernovae


• 3: Supernovae, Supernova Remnants and Pulsars


• 4: Was the Cas A supernova observed by Flamsteed in AD 1680


• 5: The Supernova of AD 1604


• 6: Tycho's Supernova of AD 1572


• 7: The Supernova of AD 1181


• 8: The Supernova of AD 1054


• 9: The Supernova of AD 1006


• 10: Probable and possible Supernovae before AD 1000


• 11: New stars which were not supernovae


• 12: Future Prospects


• A: Glossary of Chinese Astronomical Terms


• B: Some Modern Astronomical Terminology


• C: A Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants

Product details

• Authors: David A. Green, F. Richard Stephenson, F. Richard Green Stephenson, F. Richard Greene Stephenson, F.r. Greene Stephenson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2002
• EAN: 9780198507666
• ISBN: 978-0-19-850766-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: International Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics; International Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, History of Science, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Galaxies & stars, Galaxies and stars, Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy