Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded.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

G111.7−2.1     Cassiopeia A, 3C461

• Right Ascension: 23 23 26
• Declination: +58 48
• Size (/arcmin): 5
• Type: S
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 2720
• Spectral Index: 0.77

Notes: Presumably the remnant of a late 17th century SN.

Radio: Bright shell with compact knots and extended plateau of emission.

Optical: Fast knots and quasi-stationary flocculli, with many filaments at large radii, and NE `jet'.

X-ray: Incomplete shell, with hard spectral component, and compact central source.

Distance: Optical expansion, plus proper motions indicate 3.4 kpc.

References:

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• Bamba et al. 2005, ApJ, 621, 793. Chandra observations of rim. ADS
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• Fesen et al. 2006, ApJ, 636, 859. HST observations of outlying knots. ADS

Last updated: 2 Apr 2006