Abstract:A panorama of the current historiography on the Supernova of 1054 is outlined. Shklovsky (1968) [1], and Murdin (1985) [2] show how the interpretation of this phenomenon converged on a Su-pernova event. Here we reconsider the historical data, assuming a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) as its source. A Supernova correlated with the GRB explains well the fading time observed by the an-cient Chinese astronomers, in daytime and in night time, while the GRB power-law explains the present X-rays and GeV emission of the Crab. … Show more
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