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G074.0-08.5E

  • Common Name: Cygnus Loop, knot in shell
  • Distance: 0.5kpc( )
  • Center of X-ray emission (J2000): ( 20 51 00.0, 30 40 00.0 )
  • X-ray size: 160'x230'
  • Description: nearby, bright 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)
500138 1961 ACIS-235678 74.0 73.7 2001-07-28 ( 20 57 13.3, 31 03 09.2 )


Exposureuf => Exposure time of unfiltered event file
Exposuref => Exposure time of filtered event file
  • luminosity and spectrum for only small part of remnant
  • luminosity and spectrum for chip c7 only

Chandra Event File

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Obs. IDEvent 2 FITS File
(un-filtered)		Event 2 FITS File
(filtered)		AUX file
(asol, badpix etc.)
1961 178.4 MB 115.2 MB 19.3 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)
0.3 - 10.0 1.390e+06 1.886e+01 8.90e-11 1.44e-10 4.29e+33
0.3 - 2.1 1.392e+06 1.889e+01 8.90e-11 1.44e-10 4.29e+33
2.1 - 10.0 -1.989e+03 -2.699e-02 6.85e-15 6.93e-15 2.06e+29


NH = 0.0(1022 cm-2) Assumed distance: 0.5kpc ( )

Chandra Images



Chandra Spectra



Other Wavelengths



Compact Sources

Obs. IDPosition (J2000)SizeNet CountCount rateNote
1961
( 20 56 52.3, 31 03 21.7 ) < 2.0" 600.0 8.11e-03
( 20 57 18.4, 30 59 28.0 ) < 1.0" 660.0 8.92e-03


  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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