List of supernova remnants
This is a list of observed supernova remnants.
| Image | Name | Date of Arrival of Supernova's Light at Earth |
Apparent Magnitude |
Distance (ly) | Type | Remnant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sagittarius A East | ? | ? | 26,000 | ? | Sagittarius A East |
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Simeis 147 | ~38,000 BCE | ? | 3,000 | ? | Simeis 147 or Sharpless 2-240 |
| W49B | ? | ? | 35,000 | ? | GRB remnant? | |
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W50 | ? | ? | 16,000 | ? | SS 433 |
| Vela Supernova | 11th–9th millennium BCE | ? | 800 | ? | Vela Supernova Remnant | |
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Veil Nebula | >3600 BCE | ? | 1,400–2,600 | ? | NGC 6960, 6974, 6979, 6992, and 6995 |
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Puppis A | ~1700 BCE | ? | 7,000 approx | ? | |
| G306.3-0.9[1] | ~400 BCE | ? | 26,000 approx. | ? | Supernova remnant G306.3-0.9 | |
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SN 185 | December 7, 185 | ? | 8,200? | Ia? | Possibly RCW 86 |
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EO102 | 1st millennium | ? | 190,000 | ? | EO102 |
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SN 1006 | May 1, 1006 | −7.5 | 7,200 | Ia[2] | SNR 1006 |
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SN 1054 | 1054 | −6 | 6,300 | II | Crab Nebula |
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G350.1-0.3 | about 1100 | ? | 15,000 approx. | ? | G350.1-0.3 |
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SN 1181 | 1181 | −1 | 26,000 at least | ? | Possibly 3C58 |
| RX J0852.0-4622 | about 1250 | ? | 700 | ? | G266.2−1.2 | |
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SN 1572 | November 11, 1572 | −4 | 7,500 | Ia[2] | Tycho's Supernova Remnant |
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SN 1604 | October 8, 1604 | −2.5 | 20,000 | Ia | Kepler's Supernova Remnant |
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Cassiopeia A | mid 17th century | +6 | 10,000 | IIb[3] | Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant |
| G1.9+0.3 | about 1868 | ? | 25,000 approx. | Ia? | Supernova remnant G1.9+0.3 | |
| SN 1885A | August 20, 1885 | +6 | 2,500,000 | ? | SNR 1885A | |
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SN 1987A | February 24, 1987 | +3 | 168,000 | II-P | SNR 1987A |
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G033.6+00.1 | ~13,000–1,000 BCE | ? | 23,150 [4] | ? | SNR G033.6+00.1 (Kesteven 79) |
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G299 | ? | ? | ? | ? | G299 |
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Nova of 1901 | February 21, 1901 | 0.2 | 1,500 | ? | GK Persei |
See also
References
- ↑ Francis, Reddy. "NASA's Swift, Chandra Explore a Youthful 'Star Wreck'". NASA. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schaefer, B. E. (2004). Edited by Höflich, Peter; Kumar, Pawan; Wheeler, J. Craig, ed. Cosmic explosions in three dimensions : asymmetries in supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. p. 383. ISBN 0-521-84286-7.. Supernovae types discussed in contributed article "Types for the galactic supernovae" by B.E. Schaefer, pages 81–84.
- ↑ Krause, O.; Birkmann, S.; Usuda, T.; Hattori, T.; Goto, M.; Rieke, G.; Misselt, K. (2008). "The Cassiopeia A supernova was of type IIb". Science 320 (5880): 1195–1197. arXiv:0805.4557. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1195K. doi:10.1126/science.1155788. PMID 18511684.
- ↑ "G033.6+00.1".A census of high-energy observations of Galactic supernova remnants.
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