SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 500049
SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 500049
Title: AXAF OBSERVATIONS OF THE DUCK PULSAR PSR B1757-24
Observer: KASPI
Subject Category: SN, SNR, and isolated NS
Seq: 500049 ObsId: 00753
Long-term Plan bin: 12-Apr-2000
ABSTRACT
The young energetic radio pulsar PSR B1757-24 is traveling at high velocity out of the supernova remnant G5.4-1.2, in the process, re-energizing the remnant's shell, and powering a synchrotron nebula having dramatic bow-shock morphology. AXAF observations will determine properties of the pulsar wind that are unobservable in other systems, and permit detailed study of the unusual pulsar/remnant interaction. Useful X-ray observations of the PSR B1757-24/G5.4-1.2 system have been impossible before AXAF, because of the low predicted count rates for ROSAT, and because of a nearby unrelated bright source that contaminated the ASCA field. The first X-ray observation of this unique source has thus awaited the arrival of AXAF, with its high energy response, and unparalleled spatial resolution.
TARGET SUMMARY
| TARGET NAME |
RA | DEC |
TIME |
SI |
GRAT |
TYPE |
TC |
ROLL |
PRE |
PHASE |
MULTI |
PRI |
| PSR B1757-24 |
270.250833 | -24.857528 |
20.00000 |
ACIS-S |
NONE |
GO |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
5 |
IMAGES
(NOTE: RASS images currently only available for targets LTS scheduled on or after Apr-09-2000)
PARAMETERS
Obscat Parameters
