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We identify a light echo candidate from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of NGC 2441, the host galaxy of the Type Ia supernova 1995E. From the echo's angular size and the estimated distance to the host galaxy, we find a distance of 207…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 J. L. Quinn , P. M. Garnavich , W. Li , N. Panagia , A. Riess , B. P. Schmidt , M. Della Valle

We have discovered an axially symmetric, well-defined shell of material in the constellation of Cepheus, based on imaging acquired as part of the Galactic First Look Survey with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The 86'' x 75'' object exhibits…

Technological advances in radio telescopes and X-ray instruments over the last 20 years have greatly increased the number of known supernova remnants (SNRs) and led to a better determination of their properties. In particular, more SNRs now…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-26 Gary L. Case , Dipen Bhattacharya

High-resolution Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry observations of relativistic jets are essential to constrain fundamental parameters of jet formation models. At a distance of 249 Mpc, Cygnus A is a unique target for such studies, being the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-16 B. Boccardi , T. P. Krichbaum , U. Bach , F. Mertens , E. Ros , W. Alef , J. A. Zensus

We present U, B and V light curves (taken from the literature) of the low mass X-ray binary Cygnus X-2. The ``lower envelope'' of the light curves folded on the orbital period are ellipsoidal. We fit an ellipsoidal model to the lower…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jerome A. Orosz , Erik Kuulkers

We present a new sensitive 2675 MHz radio continuum map of the Cygnus Loop, which is used in conjunction with 408 MHz, 863 MHz and 1420 MHz maps from both the Effelsberg 100-m telescope and the DRAO Synthesis Telescope for a spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Uyaniker , W. Reich , A. Yar-Uyaniker , E. Fuerst

Optical CCD imaging and spectroscopic observations of three supernova remnants are presented. Optical emission from G 54.4-0.3 and G 59.8+1.2 is detected for the first time, while the first flux calibrated CCD images of the supernova…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Boumis , F. Mavromatakis , E. M. Xilouris , J. Alikakos , M. P. Redman , C. D. Goudis

We present Australia Telescope Compact Array observations of the supernova remnant (SNR) G309.2-00.6. In a 1.3-GHz continuum image the remnant appears as a near-circular shell, but with two brightened and distorted arcs of emission on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 B. M. Gaensler , A. J. Green , R. N. Manchester

Using the definitive reductions of the IUE light curves by Sonneborn et al. (1997) and an extensive set of HST images of SN 1987A we have repeated and improved our original analysis (Panagia et al. 1991) to derive a better determination of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nino Panagia

Dust grains are sputtered away in the hot gas behind shock fronts in supernova remnants, gradually enriching the gas phase with refractory elements. We have measured emission in C IV $\lambda$1550 from C atoms sputtered from dust in the gas…

Large-scale radio continuum surveys have good potential for discovering new Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs). Surveys of the Galactic plane are often limited in the Galactic latitude of |b| ~ 5 degree. SNRs at high latitudes, such as the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-05 X. Y. Gao , J. L. Han

We present a second epoch of {\it Chandra} observations of the Type Ia LMC SNR 0509-68.7 (N103B) obtained in 2017. When combined with the earlier observations from 1999, we have a 17.4-year baseline with which we can search for evidence of…

We have observed the Cygnus Loop from the northeast (NE) rim to the southwest (SW) rim using Suzaku in 10 pointings that is just north of previous XMM-Newton observations. The observation data obtained were divided into 45 rectangular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-29 Masashi Kimura , Hiroshi Tsunemi , Satoru Katsuda , Hiroyuki Uchida

Narrow band images covering strong emission lines are efficient to survey supernova remnants (SNRs) in nearby galaxies. Using the narrow band images provided by the Local Group Galaxy Survey we searched for SNRs in M33. Culling the objects…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Jong Hwan Lee , Myung Gyoon Lee

As a prerequisite for interpreting new observations of the most distant radio galaxies, we make an optical study of the closest powerful radio source, Cygnus A. Using Keck imaging- and spectro-polarimetry in conjunction with HST, WFPC2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. A. E. Fosbury , J. Vernet , M. Villar-Martin , M. H. Cohen , P. M. Ogle , H. D. Tran , R. N. Hook

Cygnus X-2 is one of the brightest and longest known X-ray sources. We present high resolution optical spectroscopy of Cyg X-2 obtained over 4 years which gives an improved mass function of 0.69 +/- 0.03 Msun (1 sigma error). In addition,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jorge Casares , Phil Charles , Erik Kuulkers

We present a new optical sample of three Supernova Remnants and 16 Supernova Remnant (SNR) candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud(LMC). These objects were originally selected using deep H$\alpha$, [SII] and [OIII] narrow-band imaging.…

We present HST images of the remnant of SN 1885 seen in absorption against M31's bulge via resonance lines of Ca I, Ca II, Fe I, and Fe II. Viewed in CaII H & K line absorption, the remnant appears as a nearly black circular spot with an…

A sequence of three Chandra X-ray Observatory High Resolution Camera images taken over a span of five years reveals arc-second-scale displacement of RX J0822-4300, the stellar remnant (presumably a neutron star) near the center of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Frank Winkler , Robert Petre

We measure the distance to the supernova remnant G15.4+0.1 which is likely associated with TeV source HESS J1818-154. We build the neutral hydrogen (HI) absorption and 13CO spectra to supernova remnant G15.4+0.1 by employing the data from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-11 H. Su , M. F. Zhang , H. Zhu , D. Wu