Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded.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

G315.4-2.3 RCW 86, MSH 14-63

Notes: Possibly the remnant of the SN of AD185?

Radio: Shell, brightest to the SW.
Optical: Bright, radiative filaments, with some faint Balmer dominated filaments.
X-ray: Partial shell, with bright patch.
Distance: Possible association with OB stars suggests 2.5 kpc.

References:

van den Bergh et al. 1973, ApJS, 26, 19. Optical.
Caswell et al. 1975, AuJPA, 37, 39. Molonglo at 408 MHz (3': S=86 Jy) and Parkes 64-m at 5 GHz (4': S=18.2 Jy). ADS
Dickel & Milne 1976, AuJPh, 29, 435. Comparison of earlier Parkes 64-m maps at 2.7 GHz (8'.4) and 5 GHz (4'.4). ADS
Winkler 1978, ApJ, 221, 220. X-ray detection. ADS
Leibowitz & Danziger 1983, MNRAS, 204, 273. Optical spectra. ADS
Pisarski et al. 1984, ApJ, 277, 710. IPC and HRI observations ADS
Nugent et al. 1984, ApJ, 284, 612. X-ray spectrum. ADS
Kesteven & Caswell 1987, A&A, 183, 118. MOST at 843 MHz (44"×50"). ADS
Long & Blair 1990, ApJ, 358, L13. Balmer dominated optical filaments. ADS
Greidanus & Strom 1990, A&A, 240, 385. IRAS observations. ADS
Kaastra et al. 1992, A&A, 264, 654. Ginga X-ray spectra. ADS
Strom 1994, MNRAS, 268, L5. Historical association ADS
Chin & Huang 1994, Natur, 371, 398. Questioning of historical association. ADS
Schaefer 1995, AJ, 110, 1793. Questioning of historical association. ADS
Whiteoak & Green 1996, A&AS, 118, 329. MOST at 843 MHz (43"×48": S>22). ADS
Rosado et al. 1996, A&A, 315, 243. Optical kinematics. ADS
Green et al. 1997, AJ, 114, 2058. Parkes 64-m OH observations. ADS
Smith et al. 1997, AJ, 114, 2664. Observations of Balmer dominated filaments. ADS
Vink et al. 1997, A&A, 328, 628. ASCA spectroscopy. ADS
Bocchino et al. 2000, A&A, 360, 671. ASCA observations of N and SW. ADS

Last updated: 23 Aug 2000

Dave Green/MRAO, Cambridge, UK/D.A.Green@mrao.cam.ac.uk