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G348.5+00.1

  • Common Name: CTB 37A
  • Distance: 11kpc( )
  • Center of X-ray emission (J2000): ( 17 14 33.3, -38 31 25.6 )
  • X-ray size: 10'x7'
  • Description: diffuse thermal with bright PWN, VHE gamma source
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RadioX-Ray


Summary of Chandra Observations

SequenceObs. IDDetectors UsedExposure uf
(ks)		Exposure f
(ks)		Date
Observed		Aimpoint (J2000)
(RA, Dec)
500668 6721 ACIS-0123 20.7 78.9 2006-10-07 ( 17 14 35.8, -38 31 24.6 )


Exposureuf => Exposure time of unfiltered event file
Exposuref => Exposure time of filtered event file
  • Large region of soft diffuse emission and small, hard PWN.
  • No point source obvious in PWN.

Chandra Event File

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Obs. IDEvent 2 FITS File
(un-filtered)		Event 2 FITS File
(filtered)		AUX file
(asol, badpix etc.)
6721 3.6 MB 3.6 MB 5.1 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 8.066e+03 1.022e-01 4.59e-12 1.75e-11 2.53e+35
0.3 - 2.1 3.530e+03 4.472e-02 1.07e-12 1.30e-11 1.88e+35
2.1 - 10.0 4.558e+03 5.775e-02 3.52e-12 4.52e-12 6.52e+34


NH = 1.8(1022 cm-2) Assumed distance: 11kpc ( )

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Other Wavelengths



Compact Sources

Obs. IDPosition (J2000)SizeNet CountCount rateNote
6721
( 17 14 28.6, -38 36 01.1 ) < 1.0" 200.0 9.66e-03
( 17 14 40.5, -38 31 50.2 ) < 1.0" 32.0 1.54e-03
( 17 14 41.4, -38 29 03.9 ) < 1.0" 66.0 3.19e-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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