I searched but I couldn’t find any mention on how bright the supernova would have been. The last one seen from earth was Kepler’s Nova which was -2.5 and that was 20,000 light years away. This one was just 3000 light years. It may have scared the crap out of some Neanderthals. (I’ll ask my mother in law)
LITTLE GIRL ON A PLANE
An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned
to her and said, “Do you want to talk?
Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”
The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the
total stranger, “What would you want to talk about?”
Oh, I don’t know,” said the atheist. “How about why there is no God,
or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?” as he smiled smugly.
“OK,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask
you a question first.
A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass.
Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty,
but a horse produces clumps.
Why do you suppose that is?
The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence, thinks
about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”
To which the little girl replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss
why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death,
when you don’t know shit?”
And then she went back to reading her book.