It just came to my mind that in China, based on the literature I've read, there is information that ancient Chinese people in the Song dynasty in 1054 AD provided evidence that they saw the Crab Nebula supernova explosion, which was recorded in their documents.
Based on this, did the ancient people of Indonesia also see the same Crab Nebula supernova explosion in 1054 AD? Given the presence of the Crab Nebula in the Taurus constellation and close to the Celestial Meridian line. Then, is there any evidence in ancient inscriptions or manuscripts around 1054 AD in Indonesia that mention this supernova event?
If you have some references related to data sources either inscriptions or ancient manuscripts in Indonesia, I kindly ask you to share them with me, as I am interested in researching this further.
Thank you.
Best Regards, Nabila
The fact that the Chinese made high-quality paper long before any other civilization (paper being contrasted to the earlier clay tablets and papyrus scrolls of Western civilizations) allowed them to keep detailed records of practically everything that happened in the heavens and on that part of the Earth of any interest to the Chinese. And those records were carefully stored and preserved, something that wasn't happening anywhere else in the world at that time, so we can still see what they wrote. So I would say "yes, the Indonesians (and probably most everyone else on Earth) undoubtedly saw it, but whether they kept any kind of record that we will ever find is another matter entirely."
As mentioned above, the answer could be affirmative. See the paper: Stephenson, F. R. & Green, D. A. (2003) reporting the ancient sources for the observation from Asia too: Stephenson, F. R. & Green, D. A., "Was the supernova of AD 1054 reported in European history?", Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 46 - 52 (2003).
https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2003JAHH....6...46S
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