http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-april-30-2009 Spanning the width and breadth of the Geek dream Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:56:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-april-30-2009/comment-page-1#comment-83566 This Day in Geek History: April 30 Sat, 02 May 2009 03:26:01 +0000 http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/?p=5016#comment-83566 [...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt1006 Supernova SN 1006 , the brightest supernova in recorded history, in the southern constellation Lupus , near the star Beta Lupi . Chinese and Arabic astronomers note the supernova, but the speed of the still-expanding shock wave won’t be measured for nearly a millennium. It was also recorded by observers in Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Egypt, and Iraq. From the careful descriptions of the Chinese astronomers of how the light varies, the Supernova is apparently yellow in color and visib [...] [...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt1006 Supernova SN 1006 , the brightest supernova in recorded history, in the southern constellation Lupus , near the star Beta Lupi . Chinese and Arabic astronomers note the supernova, but the speed of the still-expanding shock wave won’t be measured for nearly a millennium. It was also recorded by observers in Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Egypt, and Iraq. From the careful descriptions of the Chinese astronomers of how the light varies, the Supernova is apparently yellow in color and visib [...]

]]> http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-april-30-2009/comment-page-1#comment-83563 This Day in Geek History: April 30 Sat, 02 May 2009 02:42:12 +0000 http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/?p=5016#comment-83563 [...] News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt1006 Supernova SN 1006 , the brightest supernova in recorded history, in the southern constellation Lupus , near the star Beta Lupi . Chinese and Arabic astronomers note the supernova, but the speed of the still-expanding shock wave won’t be measured for nearly a millennium. It was also recorded by observers in Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Egypt, and Iraq. From the careful descriptions of the Chinese astronomers of how the light varies, the Supernova is apparently yellow in color and visib [...] [...] News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt1006 Supernova SN 1006 , the brightest supernova in recorded history, in the southern constellation Lupus , near the star Beta Lupi . Chinese and Arabic astronomers note the supernova, but the speed of the still-expanding shock wave won’t be measured for nearly a millennium. It was also recorded by observers in Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Egypt, and Iraq. From the careful descriptions of the Chinese astronomers of how the light varies, the Supernova is apparently yellow in color and visib [...]

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