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SNR J0537.8-6910

  • Common Name: N157B
  • Distance: 50kpc( distance to LMC, Westerlund(1990) )
  • Position of Central Source (J2000): ( 05 37 47.4, -69 10 19.9 )
  • X-ray size: 2.0x2.0
  • Description: irregular with bright central PWN and 16 ms psr
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RadioX-Ray


Summary of Chandra Observations

SequenceObs. IDDetectors UsedExposure uf
(ks)
Exposure f
(ks)
Date
Observed
Aimpoint (J2000)
(RA, Dec)
500233 2783 "ACIS-7" 29.3 29.3 2002-08-23 ( 05 37 47.6, -69 10 20.0 )


Exposureuf => Exposure time of unfiltered event file
Exposuref => Exposure time of filtered event file
  • The whole remnant is covered by chip ACIS-S3(CCD_ID=7)
  • Data from 2 summed subarrrays

Chandra Event File

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Obs. IDEvent 2 FITS File
(un-filtered)
Event 2 FITS File
(filtered)
AUX file
(asol, badpix etc.)
2783 4.6 MB 4.6 MB 13.2 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)
0.3 - 10.0 5.739e+04 1.957e+00 9.47e-12 1.80e-11 5.36e+36
0.3 - 2.1 4.295e+04 1.465e+00 3.36e-12 1.17e-11 3.47e+36
2.1 - 10.0 1.472e+04 5.020e-01 6.13e-12 6.37e-12 1.90e+36


NH = 0.4(1022 cm-2) Assumed distance: 50kpc ( distance to LMC, Westerlund(1990) )

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Other Wavelengths



Compact Sources

Obs. IDPosition (J2000)SizeNet CountCount rateNote
2783


  1. This list is not complete. Sources are obvious and usually within or close to the remnant. The size refers to the appearance of the source and can be larger for off-axis sources.


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