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MSH 11−61A

• Right Ascension: 11 03 05
• Declination: −60 56
• Size (/arcmin): 19×14
• Type: S
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 42
• Spectral Index: 0.4

Radio: Elongated, clumpy shell.

Optical: Filaments detected.

X-ray: Centrally brightened.

Point sources: Pulsar nearby, with PWN and extended `jet' in X-rays.

Distance: HI absorption indicates 7±1 kpc.

References:

• Shaver & Goss 1970, AuJPA, 14, 133. Molonglo at 408 MHz (3') and Parkes 64-m at 5 GHz (4'). ADS
• Milne & Dickel 1975, AuJPh, 28, 209. Parkes 64-m at 5 GHz (4.'4: S=20.2 Jy). ADS
• Elliott & Malin 1979, MNRAS, 186, 45P. Optical image and spectra. ADS
• Kirshner & Winkler 1979, ApJ, 227, 853. Optical observations. ADS
• Kesteven & Caswell 1987, A&A, 183, 118. MOST at 843 MHz (44''×50''). ADS
• Milne et al. 1989, PASA, 8, 187. MOST at 843 MHz (43''×49'': S=45±11 Jy), and Parkes 64-m at 8.4 GHz (3': S=19.5±1.0 Jy), including polarisation. ADS
• Seward 1990, ApJS, 73, 781. Einstein observations. ADS
• Whiteoak & Green 1996, A&AS, 118, 329. MOST at 843 MHz (43''×49'': S=43 Jy). ADS
• Rosado et al. 1996, A&A, 315, 243. Optical kinematics. ADS
• Kaspi et al. 1997, ApJ, 485, 820. Pulsar detection. ADS
• Gotthelf & Kaspi 1998, ApJ, 497, L29. ASCA observations of pulsar. ADS
• Slane et al. 2002, ApJ, 564, 284. ASCA observations. ADS
• Filipović et al. 2005, SerAJ, 170, 47. ATCA at 1.4 GHz (21''), plus other observations, including CO of surroundings. ADS
• Reynoso et al. 2006, MNRAS, 369, 416. ATCA at 1.4 GHz (22.''5×25.''0) including HI. ADS
• Pavan et al. 2014, A&A, 562, A122. Chandra and ATCA observations at 2 GHz (4.''1×5.''2) of PWN. ADS
• Halpern et al. 2014, ApJ, 795, L27. XMM-Newton observations of PWN. ADS
• Auchettl et al. 2015, ApJ, 810, 43. Fermi and Suzaku observations. ADS
• Kamitsukasa et al. 2015, PASJ, 67, 16. Suzaku observations. ADS
• Pavan et al. 2016, A&A, 591, A91. Chandra observations, including PWN and `jet'. ADS

Last updated: 13 May 2017

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