Shamefully forgotten anniversary
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Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
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Funny Note: I believe the Book of Durrow (Durrow, 4 miles from Tullamore in Co. Offaly) had an account of the Supernova of 1054. It was found by a farmer in the 1800's, who used it to 'bless' the drinking troughs of his cattle by dipping it in them! He believed it would help keep his cattle in good health! This was, of course, before the History Museum heard about it and took it off him!
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It is not clear whether the monks at St. Galen could really have seen the supernova, as they are barely far enough south, and Switzerland is not flat. It is more likely that a monk of that monastery saw it while farther south, and then recorded it later.
I wrote a 3,500-word article about supernovas back in February, and tried to sell it to Science Spin, S&T and several other publications. But despite the anniversary there were no takers.
It would have appeared in A&S but the editor already had an excellent article about the James Webb Space Telescope by Martin Houston, which he'd held over from the previous month. So the article never saw the light of day. A pity, yes, but I always learn a lot form the research involved.
If anyone would like to read the supernova article just send an email to me at -
novaed@eircom.net
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Emmet Mordaunt,
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I wrote a short news note in the May issue of Astronomy & Space magazine regarding the Lupus Supernova in 1006. See page 10.
It is not clear whether the monks at St. Galen could really have seen the supernova, as they are barely far enough south, and Switzerland is not flat. It is more likely that a monk of that monastery saw it while farther south, and then recorded it later.
I wrote a 3,500-word article about supernovas back in February, and tried to sell it to Science Spin, S&T and several other publications. But despite the anniversary there were no takers.
It would have appeared in A&S but the editor already had an excellent article about the James Webb Space Telescope by Martin Houston, which he'd held over from the previous month. So the article never saw the light of day. A pity, yes, but I always learn a lot form the research involved.
If anyone would like to read the supernova article just send an email to me at -
novaed@eircom.net
- and I'll email it to you. I'll put it in an MS Word document format. There are images and diagrams so it will be a big file.
Emmet Mordaunt,
Nova Education.
Just as a matter of interest, how would you feel about the posibility of inclusing the article in the IFAS magazine arcturus? It's not as flash a A&S let alone S&T and it's just released as a PDF on this website but it is still an excellent publication with a good audience.
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Go to St. Gallen and read their original handwriting !
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