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G357.6-00.0

  • Common Name: the Tornado
  • Distance: 12kpc( )
  • Center of X-ray emission (J2000): ( 17 40 11.0, -30 58 60.0 )
  • X-ray size: 1'x2'
  • Description: diffuse clump at head of complex radio 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)
400167 2687 ACIS-012367 20.7 20.5 2002-05-07 ( 17 40 11.7, -30 58 38.2 )


Exposureuf => Exposure time of unfiltered event file
Exposuref => Exposure time of filtered event file

    Chandra Event File

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    Obs. IDEvent 2 FITS File
    (un-filtered)    		Event 2 FITS File
    (filtered)    		AUX file
    (asol, badpix etc.)
    2687 5.8 MB 2.4 MB 5.5 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 2.764e+02 1.349e-02 1.29e-13 8.41e-12 1.44e+35
    0.3 - 2.1 4.036e+01 1.970e-03 9.73e-15 8.10e-12 1.39e+35
    2.1 - 10.0 2.569e+02 1.254e-02 1.20e-13 3.12e-13 5.35e+33


    NH = 6.2(1022 cm-2) Assumed distance: 12kpc ( )

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    Other Wavelengths



    Compact Sources

    Obs. IDPosition (J2000)SizeNet CountCount rateNote
    2687
    ( 17 40 03.1, -30 56 40.9 ) < 1.0" 20.0 9.65e-04
    ( 17 40 07.6, -30 56 22.7 ) < 1.0" 10.0 4.82e-04
    ( 17 40 13.1, -30 59 26.8 ) < 1.0" 9.0 4.34e-04 may be diffuse knot


    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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