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[–] 57 points 2 months ago (1 child)

The Nov 12-13 Leonids meteor shower of 1833, which was said to have been measured in excess of 100,000 meteors viewed per hour (about 27+ per second). This obviously was profound to basically everyone alive at the time who could see it (it wasn’t visible in Europe), and honestly it just sounds cool. I wanna see the insane space fireworks!

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    Ooh, what about one of the supernovas:

    SN 1006 (The Brightest)

    • Date: April 1006
    • Brightness: Reached a magnitude two or three times brighter than Venus, casting shadows on Earth.

    SN 1054 (The Crab Nebula Creator)

    • Date: July 1054 
    • Brightness: Visible in broad daylight for 23 days and stayed glowing in the night sky for nearly two years.
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