An early-medieval account on the red colour of Sirius and its astrophysical implications
@article{Schlosser1985AnEA, title={An early-medieval account on the red colour of Sirius and its astrophysical implications}, author={W. Schlosser and W. Bergmann}, journal={Nature}, year={1985}, volume={318}, pages={45-46} }
An unresolved problem regarding ancient astronomical records is that of the star ‘Red Sirius’. While Sirius today shines white with a blueish hue quite in agreement with its spectral type AIV, many Greek/Roman and Babylonian sources (although still disputed) definitely assign a red colour to this star. We now present new and apparently independent information about Red Sirius from an early-medieval manuscript. This manuscript is of Lombardic origin (8th century) and contains the otherwise lost… CONTINUE READING
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