SGR 1900+14

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SGR 1900+14
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
SGR 1900+14
Constellation	Aquila
Right ascension	19h 07m 16.85s
Declination	+09° 18' 50.4"'
Characteristics
Variable type	Gamma ray burst
Astrometry


Distance	20 kly (6.1 kpc)
Details

Mass	? M_☉
Rotation	5.2^[1]

Other designations
GRB 990110, GRB 980908, KONUS 24.03.79, TGRS 757, GBS 1900+14, GRB 790327A, KONUS 27.03.79a, TGRS 756, GRB 981022, GRB 790327, KONUS 25.03.79a, Trigger 7171, GRB 790324, GRB 790325A, Trigger 7124, GRB 980927, GRB 980827, RX J190714.1+091919, Trigger 7073.
Database references
SIMBAD	data
Data sources:
Hipparcos Catalogue, CCDM (2002), Bright Star Catalogue (5th rev. ed.)

SGR 1900+14 is a soft gamma repeater (SGR), located in the constellation of Aquila about 45,000 light-years away. It is assumed to be an example of an intensely magnetic star, known as a magnetar, but it could also be a super-magnetic quark star. It is thought to have formed after a fairly recent supernova explosion.

An intense gamma-ray burst from this star was detected on August 27, 1998; shortly thereafter a new radio source appeared in that region of the sky.^[2]

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope detected a mysterious ring around SGR 1900+14 at two narrow infrared frequencies in 2005 and 2007. The 2007 Spitzer image showed no discernible change in the ring after two years. The ring measures seven light-years across. The origin of the ring is currently unknown and is the subject of an article in the May 29, 2008 issue of the journal Nature.^[3]

References

↑ Kaspi, Victoria (August 26–29, 2002). "Magnetars". Radio Pulsars. Crete: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. pp. 151–158. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ NRAO, New Evidence of Particle Injection by a Magnetar
↑ Newswise: CSI: Milky Way Team Works Scene of Dead Star

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Image SGR 1900+14

Coordinates: 19^h 07^m 16.85^s, +09° 18′ 50.4″

v t e Stars of Aquila

Bayer	α (Altair) β (Alshain) γ (Tarazed) δ ε ζ (Deneb el Okab) η θ (Tseen Foo) ι (Al Thalimain) κ λ μ ν ξ ο π σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω¹ ω²

Flamsteed	4 5 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 31 35 36 37 42 45 46 51 56 57 58 62 64 66 68 69 70 14 Sge 62 Ser

Variable	R U V W RR RT SZ TT UU VX AA CI DO EL FF FM FN KL KO KP OO QS QY V337 V341 V346 V368 V374 V417 V450 V500 V536 V603 V604 V605 V606 V725 V794 V803 V805 V822 V889 V923 V1182 V1208 V1229 V1286 V1286 V1291 V1302 V1315 V1333 V1339 V1370 V1379 V1401 V1402 V1412 V1413 V1419 V1425 V1427 V1429 V1432 V1449 V1472 V1493 V1494 V1654 V1663 V1691 V1703

HR	7085 7099 7143 7163 7208 7214 7269 7288 7300 7307 7313 7325 7349 7353 7354 7389 7396 7397 7404 7407 7412 7432 7438 7449 7456 7471 7516 7541 7542 7559 7562 7569 7598 7599 7636 7637 7648 7681 7693 7700 7717 7768 7794 7803 7809 7878

HD	179079 179218 182040 183263 184279 185966 186535 187734 190073 192086 192699 194263 195617

Gliese	Gliese 735 Gliese 752

Other	CoRoT-2 CoRoT-3 CoRoT-8 GRS 1915+105 1H 1905+000 LDS 678 PSR B1853+01 PSR B1955+09 PSR B1913+16 PSR B1915+13 PSR B1916+14 PSR B1929+10 PSR B1933+16 PSR J1846-0258 PSR J1903+0327 PSR J1951+1123 SGR 1900+14 SS 433 4U 1907+09 VB 10 W43A WR 123

Former	ρ (until 1992)

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SGR 1900+14

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