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Re: orion-list Nova in Spring, 5 BCE?
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The Capricorn hypothesis (Foucquet 1729) is still under debate today.
Greetings,
Dierk
REFERENCES (I can't guarantee that):
Bulmer-Thomas, Ivor 1992, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical
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Vol. 33, p. 363
Clark, D. H., Parkinson, J. H. and Stephenson, F. R., "An Astronomical Re-
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Cullen, C., "Can We Find the Star of Bethlehem in Far Eastern Records?,"
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Hughes, David W. 1976, Nature, Vol. 264, p. 513;
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Simms <tsimms@mailserv.nbnet.nb.ca>
To: <orion@mscc.huji.ac.il>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 1999 6:18 PM
Subject: orion-list Nova in Spring, 5 BCE?
> Perhaps the season may have brought something to notice...
>
> Any late news on the Chinese accounts telling of a Nova seen over
> 70 days between March and May in 5 BCE?
>
> Is the constellation clearly shown & c.?
>
> I only know of it second hand from BM booklet on Halley's Comet.
>
>
> Thanks for any update,
>
> Tom Simms
For private reply, e-mail to "Dierk van den Berg" <haGalil@gmx.net>
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