Discovery of a New Supernova Remnant in the Swift Galactic Plane Survey
Abstract
We report the discovery of a new supernova remnant. Following the detection of an extended source in a Swift/XRT exposure in the Galactic plane, we requested a short 5 ks exposure with Chandra. The Swift observation was obtained on 22 February 2011 (observation 00042184001), and the Chandra ACIS-S observation was obtained on 03 June 2011 (observation 13419).
If characterized with a circle, the center of the remnant could be approximated with the following coordinates: 13:21:50.9, -63:33:50 (J2000), or (l,b) = 306.309034, -0.891719, with a radius of approximately 110 arcseconds.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- June 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011ATel.3415....1M
- Keywords:
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- X-ray;
- Supernova Remnant