Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded.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 45 30
• Declination: −29 57
• 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'.

X-ray: Centrally brightened.

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 Jy). ADS
• Reich & Fürst 1984, A&AS, 57, 165. Effelsberg 100-m at 2.7 GHz (4'.3: S=10±1.5 Jy) and 4.8 GHz (2'.4: S=8.1±0.5 Jy). 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, Science, 270, 1801. VLA at 1.4 GHz (33"×31"), and 1.7 GHz for OH survey. ADS
• LaRosa et al. 2000, AJ, 119, 207. VLA at 333 MHz (43"×24"). ADS
• Bamba et al. 2000, PASJ, 52, 259. ASCA observations. ADS
• Lazendic et al. 2002, MNRAS, 331, 537. Observations of shocked molecular gas where the `snake' crosses the remnant. ADS
• Yusef-Zadeh et al. 2004, ApJS, 155, 421. VLA at 1.4 GHz (8".4×12".8). ADS

Last updated: 31 Mar 2006