Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded. The current SNR catalogue is at http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/surveys/snrs/

G296.8-0.3 1156-62

• Right Ascension: 11 58 30
• Declination: -62 35
• Size (/arcmin): 20×14
• Type: S
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 9
• Spectral Index: 0.6

Radio: Shell, brighter to the NW.

Distance: HI absorption gives 9.6±0.6 kpc.

X-ray: Detected.

References:

• Caswell et al. 1975, AuJPA, 37, 39. Molonglo at 408 MHz (3': S=15.0 Jy) and Parkes 64-m at 5 GHz (4': S=3.2 Jy). ADS
• Dickel & Milne 1976, AuJPh, 29, 435. Comparison of earlier Parkes 64-m maps at 2.7 GHz (8'.4) and 5 GHz (4'.4). ADS
• Hwang & Markert 1994, ApJ, 431, 819. ROSAT observations. ADS
• Whiteoak & Green 1996, A&AS, 118, 329. MOST at 843 MHz (43"×48": S=9.2 Jy). ADS
• Gaensler et al. 1998, MNRAS, 296, 813. ATCA at 1.3 GHz (22"×24": S=7.0±0.3 Jy), including polarisation and HI observations, plus review of flux densities. ADS

Last updated: 19 Aug 1998