Optical counterparts of Galactic Supernova Remnants and their kinematic distances
Abstract
Distances to Galactic supernova remnants are important to determine their actual location in our Galaxy, as well as the energetics and age and some possible association with compact objects. However, for many Galactic supernova remnants there are no clues on this important quantity. In the case of supernova remnants with optical counterparts this task is possible when we can detect line emission from the SNR shock. We have undertaken a project of finding optical counterparts to Galactic SNRs in order to study their kinematics and to obtain kinematical distances to those objects. I will show the power of this method with some examples.
- Publication:
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Supernova Remnants: An Odyssey in Space after Stellar Death II
- Pub Date:
- June 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019sros.confE..60R