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G015.9+00.2

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Radio	X-Ray

Sequence	Obs. ID	Detectors Used	Exposure _uf (ks)	Exposure _f (ks)	Date Observed	Aimpoint (J2000) (RA, Dec)
Summary of Chandra Observations
500524	6289	ACIS-235678	15.4	14.8	2005-05-28	( 18 18 53.7, -15 01 14.0 )

	Exposure_uf => Exposure time of unfiltered event file Exposure_f => Exposure time of filtered event file
soft L_x probably too high. There is large absorption correction.

Obs. ID	Event 2 FITS File (un-filtered)	Event 2 FITS File (filtered)	AUX file (asol, badpix etc.)
Chandra Event File
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6289	5.4 MB	2.0 MB	3.9 MB

Region	Energy Range (keV)	Signal (counts)	Rate (counts s^-1)	F^abs_X (ergs cm^-2s^-1)	F_X (ergs cm^-2s^-1)	L_X (ergs s^-1)
Chandra Counts and Fluxes
	0.3 - 10.0	1.088e+04	7.347e-01	5.11e-12	9.57e-10	8.24e+36
	0.3 - 2.1	5.827e+03	3.935e-01	1.86e-12	9.49e-10	8.17e+36
	2.1 - 10.0	5.096e+03	3.441e-01	3.27e-12	8.64e-12	7.43e+34

N_H = 4.6(10²² cm^-2) Assumed distance: 8.5kpc ( a guess based on absorption)

Chandra Images

Obs. ID	Position (J2000)	Size	Net Count	Count rate	Note
Compact Sources
6289
	( 18 18 45.2, -15 01 01.2 )	< 1.0"	24.0	1.56e-03
	( 18 18 52.1, -15 02 14.0 )	< 1.0"	45.0	2.92e-03	CCO?
	( 18 18 57.3, -14 58 53.3 )	< 1.0"	30.0	1.95e-03
	( 18 19 04.2, -15 01 17.7 )	< 1.0"	70.0	4.54e-03

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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