List of supernova remnants

This is a list of observed supernova remnants.

Image Name First visible
from Earth
Peak
magnitude
Distance (ly) Type
Sagittarius A East 100,000−35,000
years ago
?26,000?
Simeis 147 or
Spaghetti Nebula
~40,000 years ago6.53,000?
IC 443 also known as jellyfish nebulae ~30,000 years ago?3000II
W50 or
Manatee Nebula
~20,000 years ago?18,000?
Vela SNR 10,300−9,000 BCE12815±98II
Kesteven 79 8600-7000 BCE?23,000?

Cygnus Loop,
including Veil Nebula
6,000−3,000 BCE71,470?
LMC N49 ~3,000 BCE?160,000?
G299.2-2.9[1] ~2,500 BCE?16,000Ias
Puppis A ~1,700 BCE?7,000?
G306.3-0.9[2] ~400 BCE?26,000?
RCW 103 1st century?10,000II
SN 185 December 7, 185?8,200Ia
EO102 1st millennium?190,000?
W49B About 1000 AD?26,000Ib or Ic
SN 1006 May 1, 10067.57,200Ia[3]
SN 1054 or M1 or
Crab Nebula
July 4, 105466,300II
G350.1-0.3 About 1100?15,000?
SN 1181 August 5, 1181126,000 or more?
RX J0852.0-4622 or
Vela Junior
About 1250?700?
SN 1572 or
Tycho's Nova
November 11, 157247,500Ia[3]
SN 1604 or
Kepler's Nova
October 8, 16042.520,000Ia
Cassiopeia A Mid 17th century610,000IIb[4]
G1.9+0.3 About 1868?25,000Ia
SN 1885A or
S Andromedae
August 20, 188562,500,000?
SN 1987A February 24, 19873168,000II-P
SNR E0519-69.0 ???III
3C 58 or

SNR G130.7+03.1

?8.1710,000?
DEM L316 ??160,000II(large shell) Ia(small shell)

See also

References

  1. Chandra X-Ray Observatory (2015-02-12). "G299.2-2.9: Exploded Star Blooms Like a Cosmic Flower". Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. Francis, Reddy. "NASA's Swift, Chandra Explore a Youthful 'Star Wreck'". NASA. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  3. 1 2 Schaefer, B. E. (2004). Edited by Höflich, Peter; Kumar, Pawan; Wheeler, J. Craig, eds. Cosmic explosions in three dimensions : asymmetries in supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. p. 383. ISBN 0-521-84286-7. . Supernovae types discussed in contributed article "Types for the galactic supernovae" by B.E. Schaefer, pages 81–84.
  4. Krause, O.; Birkmann, S.; Usuda, T.; Hattori, T.; Goto, M.; Rieke, G.; Misselt, K. (2008). "The Cassiopeia A supernova was of type IIb". Science. 320 (5880): 1195–1197. arXiv:0805.4557. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1195K. doi:10.1126/science.1155788. PMID 18511684.
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