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- Title
Records of supernovae from India.
- Authors
Shylaja, B. S.
- Abstract
Extensive searches for possible records of supernovae have been carried out by earlier researchers in astronomical texts from India. A study of the inscriptions has shown that they have documented many celestial events like eclipses, solstices and conjunctions. This study has identified possible metaphorical records of the historic supernova sightings in inscriptions. We have identified two cases of metaphors for the description of supernovae of 1054 CE and 1604 CE. A reference in an astrolabe has been found, where a name has been coined for the new star. It has been identified with another fainter star in a recent study. A 16th century Sanskrit text on figures of speech aptly describes the supernova of 1572 CE.
- Subjects
SUPERNOVAE; CATACLYSMIC variable stars; SUPERNOVAE spectra; SUPERNOVAE as distance indicators; ASTROLABES; ECLIPSES
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2019, Vol 116, Issue 8, p1430
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article