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G119.5+10.2

  • Common Name: CTA 1
  • Distance: 1.4kpc( )
  • Position of Central Source (J2000): ( 00 07 01.6, 73 03 08.4 )
  • X-ray size: 90'x90'
  • Description: PSR? and PWN within much larger remnant
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RadioX-Ray


Summary of Chandra Observations

SequenceObs. IDDetectors UsedExposure uf
(ks)		Exposure f
(ks)		Date
Observed		Aimpoint (J2000)
(RA, Dec)
500314 3835 ACIS-23678 49.8 49.1 2003-04-13 ( 00 07 00.0, 73 03 03.0 )


Exposureuf => Exposure time of unfiltered event file
Exposuref => Exposure time of filtered event file
  • This image is pulsar and small PWN within much larger remnant.
  • Diffuse emission from CTA 1 fills above field and is treated as background for this image.

Chandra Event File

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Obs. IDEvent 2 FITS File
(un-filtered)		Event 2 FITS File
(filtered)		AUX file
(asol, badpix etc.)
3835 7.1 MB 3.3 MB 13.2 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 6.743e+02 1.372e-02 1.37e-13 1.49e-13 3.47e+31
0.3 - 2.1 4.481e+02 9.118e-03 3.27e-14 4.43e-14 1.03e+31
2.1 - 10.0 2.600e+02 5.290e-03 1.04e-13 1.05e-13 2.45e+31


NH = 0.1(1022 cm-2) Assumed distance: 1.4kpc ( )

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Compact Sources

Obs. IDPosition (J2000)SizeNet CountCount rateNote
3835
( 00 06 59.4, 73 02 19.0 ) < 1.0" 18.0 3.61e-04
( 00 07 01.6, 73 03 08.4 ) < 1.0" 415.0 8.33e-03 pulsar


  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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