SPACE — On November 6, 1572, German astronomer Wolfgang Schuler observed a supernova without using technological equipment, or with the naked eye. He saw an exploding star in the constellation Cassiopeia.
The light from the explosion was as bright as Venus, and could even be seen during the day. Astronomers were completely confused, because the star looked like it appeared out of thin air.
Although Schuler was the first to see it, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is widely known as its discoverer. Brahe studied them in detail and wrote an entire book about these so-called ‘new stars’. It became known as the ‘Tycho Star’.
At that time, supernovae were unknown because there had been no previous discoveries. Tycho’s star was finally classified as a supernova in the 1940s.
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Now, scientists think it is a small star called a white dwarf, the remnant of a star that exploded thousands of years ago. Because Tycho’s Star is 13,000 light years from Earth, it will be a while before anyone can see it. Source: Space.com
2023-11-06 13:38:00
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