Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded.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'.

Optical: Detected.

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, 835. 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
  also see: LaRosa et al. 2000, AJ, 119, 3145. Erratum. 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
• Aharonian et al. 2008, A&A, 483, 509. XMM-Newton and γ-ray observations. ADS
• Hewitt et al. 2008, ApJ, 683, 189. GBT at 1.6 and 1.7 GHz for OH masers. ADS
• Bamba et al. 2009, ApJ, 691, 1854. Suzaku observations. ADS
• Stupar & Parker 2011, MNRAS, 414, 2282. Hα observations. ADS
• Ohnishi et al. 2011, PASJ, 63, 527. Suzaku observations. ADS
• Pihlström et al. 2014, AJ, 147, 73. VLA search for methanol masers. ADS
• Ponti et al. 2015, MNRAS, 453, 172. XMM-Newton observations. ADS
• Froebrich et al. 2015, MNRAS, 454, 2586. H₂ IR observations. ADS
• Hui et al. 2016, MNRAS, 457, 4262. γ-ray observations of region. ADS

Last updated: 4 Jun 2017

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