The constellation Wolf has survived a global catastrophe
And yet it flared up!.. German experts discovered a fragment of the scientific works of the great medieval Persian scientist Avicenna (Ibn Sina), previously unknown to astronomers, which details the observation of a supernova explosion that occurred in front of people …
Avicenna is considered one of the most influential philosophers and scholars of the medieval Islamic world. Born on August 16, 980, and died on June 18, 1037. After himself, the scientist left more than 450 works in 29 fields of science, the main of which are devoted to medicine, biology, ethics and religion.
A brief account of the observation of the star SN 1006 is contained in the Book of Healing, written by Avicenna in Arabic and devoted to logic, metaphysics and natural sciences. The text created by the scientist, according to experts, unambiguously describes the supernova explosion that took place on May 1, 1006 in the constellation Wolf.
The constellation Wolf (Lupus) is a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere about 524 light-years away. It is also known as Ke Kwan ("cavalryman") in China. It's good that it is so far from our solar system! Thanks to this, people observed a supernova explosion, but this galactic catastrophe did not bring negative consequences and disasters for our planet …
This event was also described by other Arab and Chinese astronomers, which is known to modern scientists today. The supernova remnant is currently the radio source PKS 1459-41, which was discovered in 1960 by Parks Observatory (Australia). Scientists estimate that the diameter of the formed gas and dust cloud, spreading at a speed of nine thousand kilometers per second (three percent of the speed of light), reaches 60 light years.