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G315.4-02.3NE

  • Common Name: RCW 86, NE shell
  • Distance: 3kpc( )
  • Center of X-ray emission (J2000): ( 14 43 00.0, -62 30 00.0 )
  • X-ray size: 42'x42'
  • Description: X-ray and radio shell
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RadioX-Ray


Summary of Chandra Observations

SequenceObs. IDDetectors UsedExposure uf
(ks)
Exposure f
(ks)
Date
Observed
Aimpoint (J2000)
(RA, Dec)
500436 4611 ACIS-235678 71.7 70.7 2004-06-15 ( 14 45 02.3, -62 20 32.0 )


Exposureuf => Exposure time of unfiltered event file
Exposuref => Exposure time of filtered event file
  • luminosity only that of NE shell
  • spectrum only that of NE shell

Chandra Event File

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Obs. IDEvent 2 FITS File
(un-filtered)
Event 2 FITS File
(filtered)
AUX file
(asol, badpix etc.)
4611 36.5 MB 35.7 MB 18.7 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 1.024e+05 1.449e+00 5.83e-12 3.00e-11 3.21e+34
0.3 - 2.1 8.755e+04 1.239e+00 4.56e-12 2.85e-11 3.06e+34
2.1 - 10.0 1.504e+04 2.129e-01 1.28e-12 1.44e-12 1.54e+33


NH = 0.6(1022 cm-2) Assumed distance: 3kpc ( )

Chandra Images



Chandra Spectra



Other Wavelengths



Compact Sources

Obs. IDPosition (J2000)SizeNet CountCount rateNote
4611
( 14 44 43.9, -62 20 20.0 ) < 1.0" 394.0 5.50e-03 inside shell
( 14 45 28.0, -62 18 36.6 ) < 2.0" 280.0 3.91e-03 outside shell


  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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