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Only a few civilisations throughout the world have contributed significantly to the written records of astronomical phenomena from the historical past. Pre-eminent among these must be Europe, China (together with Korea and Japan), Babylon and the Arab World. A wealth of pre-telescopic data from these sources is readily accessible, and it is in this that searches for historical supernova sightings have been concentrated.
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Clark, D.H., Stephenson, F.R. (1982). The Historical Supernovae. In: Rees, M.J., Stoneham, R.J. (eds) Supernovae: A Survey of Current Research. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7876-8_22
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