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G074.0-08.5NE

  • Common Name: Cygnus Loop NE
  • Distance: 0.5kpc( )
  • Center of X-ray emission (J2000): ( 20 51 00.0, 30 40 00.0 )
  • X-ray size: 160'x230'
  • Description: large, 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)
500271 2821 ACIS-235678 58.5 54.8 2001-12-24 ( 20 54 31.0, 32 17 59.4 )


Exposureuf => Exposure time of unfiltered event file
Exposuref => Exposure time of filtered event file
  • spectrum and luminosity from only small section of NE rim
  • only chip c7 used in analysis

Chandra Event File

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Obs. IDEvent 2 FITS File
(un-filtered)		Event 2 FITS File
(filtered)		AUX file
(asol, badpix etc.)
2821 106.4 MB 93.8 MB 15.3 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 8.892e+05 1.623e+01 8.16e-11 9.47e-11 2.82e+33
0.3 - 2.1 8.844e+05 1.614e+01 8.16e-11 9.46e-11 2.82e+33
2.1 - 10.0 4.830e+03 8.814e-02 3.13e-15 3.14e-15 9.35e+28


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

Chandra Images



Chandra Spectra



Other Wavelengths



Compact Sources

Obs. IDPosition (J2000)SizeNet CountCount rateNote
2821
( 20 54 22.3, 32 16 55.1 ) < 1.0" 212.0 3.62e-03
( 20 54 50.8, 32 13 24.8 ) < 1.0" 235.0 4.02e-03
( 20 54 52.7, 32 14 11.3 ) < 1.0" 570.0 9.74e-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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