| Date (A.D.) | Constellation | Brightness | Distance (kpc) | Observers |
| 185 | Centaurus | Brighter than Venus | 2.5 | Chinese |
| 369 | Cassiopeia | Brighter than Mars or Jupiter | 10 | Chinese |
| 1006 | Lupus | Brighter than Venus | 3.4 | Chinese, Japanese, Korean, European, and Arabian |
| 1054 | Taurus (Crab Nebula) | Brighter than Venus | 2 | Chinese, Japanese, Southwestern Native American, and Arabian |
| 1572 | Cassiopeia | Nearly as bright as Venus | 5 | Tycho and many others |
| 1604 | Ophiuchus | Between Sirius and Jupiter in brightness | 6.1 | Kepler, Galileo, and many others |