SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 500089
SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 500089
Title: THE SUPERNOVA REMNANT AND NEUTRON STAR RCW 103
Observer: FEIGELSON
Subject Category: SN, SNR, and isolated NS
Seq: 500089 ObsId: 00970
Long-term Plan bin: no LTS bin
ABSTRACT
The Galactic supernova remnant RCW 103 contains a central object that appears to be a member of the class of radio silent neutron stars. ASCA observations show that it has a temperature that could be as high as 7 million degrees, making it the hottest surface seen so far. The data from ASCA are difficult to interpret unambiguously, however, because the neutron star is not well separated from the diffuse emission. This ACIS observation will clearly resolve the neutron star and determine its surface temperature.
TARGET SUMMARY
| TARGET NAME |
RA | DEC |
TIME |
SI |
GRAT |
TYPE |
TC |
ROLL |
PRE |
PHASE |
MULTI |
PRI |
| RCW 103 |
244.402083 | -51.040750 |
20.00000 |
ACIS-S |
NONE |
GTO |
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
