G284.3−1.8 ADS: search title/keyword/abstract or fulltext

MSH 10−53 ADS: search title/keyword/abstract or fulltext

• Right Ascension: 10 18 15
• Declination: −59 00
• Size (/arcmin): 24?
• Type: S
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 11?
• Spectral Index: 0.3?

Notes: Has been called G284.2−1.8.

Radio: Incomplete, poorly defined shell.

Optical: Faint filament near edge.

X-ray: Diffuse emission, brighter in N and W.

Point sources: Central X-/γ-ray source, not thought to be related.

Distance: Optical extinction suggests about 5.5 kpc.

References:

• Ruiz & May 1986, ApJ, 309, 667. CO and optical observations. ADS
• Milne et al. 1989, PASA, 8, 187. MOST at 843 MHz (43″×50″) and Parkes 64-m at 8.4 GHz (3′: S=5.4±0.8 Jy) including polarisation, plus earlier flux densities. ADS
• Green et al. 1997, AJ, 114, 2058. Parkes 64-m and ATCA OH observations. ADS
• Camilo et al. 2001, ApJ, 557, L51. Observations of nearby pulsar. ADS
• Camilo et al. 2004, ApJ, 616, 1118. Chandra observations of pulsar and nebula. ADS
• H.E.S.S. Collaboration: Abramowski et al. 2012, A&A, 541, A5. H.E.S.S. observations. ADS
• Williams et al. 2015, ApJ, 808, L19. Chandra and XMM-Newton observations. ADS
• Marcote et al. 2018, A&A, 619, A26. Observations of central source. ADS
• Shan et al. 2019, RAA, 19, 92. Optical extinction for distance. ADS

Last updated: 9 Dec 2022

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