Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded. The current SNR catalogue is at http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/surveys/snrs/

G359.1-0.5

• Right Ascension: 17 42 20
• Declination: -29 56
• Size (/arcmin): 24
• Type: S
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 14
• Spectral Index: 0.4?

Radio: Non-thermal shell in complex region, crossed by the `snake'.

Point sources: Several compact radio sources near centre, OH masers around edge.

References:

• Downes et al. 1979, A&AS, 35, 1. From observations by Altenhoff et al. 1979, A&AS, 35, 23. Effelsberg 100-m at 4.9 GHz (2'.6: S=13). ADS
• Reich & Fürst 1984, A&AS, 57, 165. Effelsberg 100-m at 2.7 GHz (4'.3: S=10±1.5) and 4.8 GHz (2'.4: S=8.1±0.5). ADS
• Uchida et al. 1992, ApJ, 398, 128. VLA at 1.5 GHz (11"×10"), and observations of nearby molecular material. ADS
• Uchida et al. 1992, AJ, 104, 1533. VLA at 1.4 GHz. ADS
• Gray 1994, MNRAS, 270, 836. MOST at 843 MHz (43"×85"). ADS
• Yusef-Zadeh et al. 1995, Sci, 270, 1801. VLA at 1.4 GHz (33"×31"), and 1.7 GHz for OH survey. ADS

Last updated: 09 SEP 1998