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G184.6-05.8

  • Common Name: Crab
  • Distance: 2kpc(??)
  • Position of Central Source (J2000): ( 05 34 31.9, 22 00 51.8 )
  • X-ray size: 2.3'x2.1'
  • Description:
radio/CRABJ2000.FIT.small.jpg1994+1996+1998+1999/work/tr2.jpg
RadioX-Ray


Summary of Chandra Observations

SequenceObs. IDDetectors UsedExposure uf
(ks)
Exposure f
(ks)
Date
Observed
Aimpoint (J2000)
(RA, Dec)
500171 1994 ACIS-7 4.2 4.2 2000-11-03 ( 05 34 31.6, 22 00 56.4 )
500173 1996 ACIS-7 4.5 4.5 2000-11-25 ( 05 34 31.6, 22 00 56.4 )
500175 1998 ACIS-7 4.2 4.2 2000-12-18 ( 05 34 31.6, 22 00 56.4 )
500176 1999 ACIS-7 4.1 4.1 2001-01-09 ( 05 34 31.6, 22 00 56.4 )


Exposureuf => Exposure time of unfiltered event file
Exposuref => Exposure time of filtered event file
  • The remnant is covered by chip ACIS-S3(CCD_ID=7).
  • Due to usage of the subarray some part of the remnants are missing in some observation.
  • These observation were done with NO aspect dithering.
  • No background light curve filtering was done.
  • It seems that the central source is strongly affected by pileup.

Chandra Event File

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Obs. IDEvent 2 FITS File
(un-filtered)
Event 2 FITS File
(filtered)
AUX file
(asol, badpix etc.)
1994 537.5 MB 537.5 MB 6.3 MB
1996 606.3 MB 606.3 MB 7.2 MB
1998 556.5 MB 556.5 MB 6.4 MB
1999 555.8 MB 555.8 MB 6.3 MB


Chandra Counts and Fluxes

RegionEnergy Range
(keV)
Signal
(counts)
Rate
(counts s-1)
FabsX
(ergs cm-2s-1)
FX
(ergs cm-2s-1)
LX
(ergs s-1)
Total 0.3 - 10.0 9.591e+06 2.328e+03 1.72e-08 2.88e-08 1.37e+37
0.3 - 2.1 7.048e+06 1.710e+03 5.08e-09 1.62e-08 7.73e+36
2.1 - 10.0 2.570e+06 6.236e+02 1.22e-08 1.26e-08 6.01e+36


NH = 0.4(1022 cm-2) Assumed distance: 2kpc (??)

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Nearby Sources

Obs. IDPosition (J2000)SizeNet CountCount rateNote
1994
1996
1998
1999


  1. This nearby source list is incomplete. All the above sources are originally from the "src2.fits" file which is distributed with standard Chandra processing. Only sources with significant count rate and which are clear to visual inspection are included.
  2. The size given above is the size of the region used in detecting that source.
  3. For each source, background was subtracted from an annular region around the source.


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