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One example of such study would be the Crab Nebula , which is the remains of a Supernova of July 1054 . During the Northern Sung Dynasty in China, a historical record was written, which lists unusual phenomena observed in the night sky. Scholar often associate this with the creation of the Crab Nebula. {Link without Title}

Secondly, The Astronomer Edmond Halley employed this science to deduce that three Comet s that appeared roughly 76 years apart were in fact the Same Object .

Similarly, the Dwarf Planet Pluto was found to have been photographed as early as 1915 although it was not recognized until 1930 .

SEE ALSO

History Of Astronomy

Archaeoastronomy

History Of Astronomical Interferometry

F. Richard Stephenson

REFERENCES

Katherine Bracher, ''THE HISTORICAL ASTRONOMY DIVISION''

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Misner, Thorne, Wheeler; ''Gravitation'' ; 1970 ISBN 0-7167-0344-0 {Link without Title}

EXTERNAL LINKS

American Astronomical Society

Donald Yeomans, Great Comets in History

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