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G111.7-02.1

  • Common Name: Cas A
  • Distance: 3.4kpc( Reed et al., 1995 )
  • Position of Central Source (J2000): ( 23 23 28.0, 58 48 42.1 )
  • X-ray size: 5.9'x5.5'
  • Description:
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RadioX-Ray


Summary of Chandra Observations

SequenceObs. IDDetectors UsedExposure uf
(ks)		Exposure f
(ks)		Date
Observed		Aimpoint (J2000)
(RA, Dec)
500001 114 ACIS-7 49.9 49.9 2000-01-30 ( 23 23 26.7, 58 49 03.0 )


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)
  • No background light-curve filtering was done

Chandra Event File

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Obs. IDEvent 2 FITS File
(un-filtered)		Event 2 FITS File
(filtered)		AUX file
(asol, badpix etc.)
114 506.4 MB 506.4 MB 13.3 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)
total 0.3 - 10.0 1.487e+07 2.978e+02 2.59e-09 2.06e-08 2.84e+37
0.3 - 2.1 1.122e+07 2.247e+02 1.07e-09 1.87e-08 2.58e+37
2.1 - 10.0 3.689e+06 7.389e+01 1.53e-09 1.89e-09 2.61e+36


NH = 1.5(1022 cm-2) Assumed distance: 3.4kpc ( Reed et al., 1995 )

Chandra Images



Chandra Spectra



Other Wavelengths



Compact Sources

Obs. IDPosition (J2000)SizeNet CountCount rateNote
114


  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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