List of supernova remnants

This is a list of observed supernova remnants.

Image Name First visible
from Earth 		Peak
magnitude 		Distance (ly) Type
Sagittarius A East 100,000−35,000
years ago 		? 26,000 ?
Simeis 147 or
Spaghetti Nebula		 ~40,000 years ago 6.5 3,000 ?
W50 or
Manatee Nebula		 ~20,000 years ago ? 18,000 ?
Vela SNR 10,300−9,000 BCE 12 815±98 ?
G033.6+00.1 or
Kesteven 79		 8,600−7,000 BCE[1] ? 23,000
(~7 kpc)[1] 		?

 Cygnus Loop,
including Veil Nebula		 6,000−3,000 BCE 7 1,470 ?
LMC N49 ~3,000 BCE ? 160,000 ?
G299.2-2.9[2] ~2,500 BCE ? 16,000 Ias
Puppis A ~1,700 BCE ? 7,000 ?
G306.3-0.9[3] ~400 BCE ? 26,000 ?
RCW 103 1st century ? 10,000 II
SN 185 December 7, 185 ? 8,200 Ia
EO102 1st millennium ? 190,000 ?
W49B About 1000 AD ? 26,000 Ib or Ic
SN 1006 May 1, 1006 −7.5 7,200 Ia[4]
SN 1054 or M1 or
Crab Nebula		 1054 −6 6,300 II
G350.1-0.3 About 1100 ? 15,000 ?
SN 1181 1181 −1 26,000 or more ?
RX J0852.0-4622 or
Vela Junior		 About 1250 ? 700 ?
SN 1572 or
Tycho's Nova		 November 11, 1572 −4 7,500 Ia[4]
SN 1604 or
Kepler's Nova		 October 8, 1604 −2.5 20,000 Ia
Cassiopeia A Mid 17th century 6 10,000 IIb[5]
G1.9+0.3 About 1868 ? 25,000 Ia
SN 1885A or
S Andromedae		 August 20, 1885 6 2,500,000 ?
GK Persei or
Nova of 1901		 February 21, 1901 0.2 1,500 ?
SN 1987A February 24, 1987 3 168,000 II-P

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Auchettl K, Slane P, Castro D (2014-03-01). "Fermi-LAT observations of supernova remnants Kesteven 79". The Astrophysical Journal. American Astronomical Society. 783 (1): 32–44. arXiv:1401.2745Freely accessible. Bibcode:2014ApJ...783...32A. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/783/1/32.
  2. ↑ Chandra X-Ray Observatory (2015-02-12). "G299.2-2.9: Exploded Star Blooms Like a Cosmic Flower". Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  3. ↑ Francis, Reddy. "NASA's Swift, Chandra Explore a Youthful 'Star Wreck'". NASA. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 Schaefer, B. E. (2004). Edited by Höflich, Peter; Kumar, Pawan; Wheeler, J. Craig, eds. Cosmic explosions in three dimensions : asymmetries in supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. p. 383. ISBN 0-521-84286-7.. Supernovae types discussed in contributed article "Types for the galactic supernovae" by B.E. Schaefer, pages 81–84.
  5. ↑ Krause, O.; Birkmann, S.; Usuda, T.; Hattori, T.; Goto, M.; Rieke, G.; Misselt, K. (2008). "The Cassiopeia A supernova was of type IIb". Science. 320 (5880): 1195–1197. arXiv:0805.4557Freely accessible. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1195K. doi:10.1126/science.1155788. PMID 18511684.
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