Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded.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

G315.4-2.3 RCW 86, MSH 14-63

Notes: Possibly the remnant of the SN of AD185?

Radio: Shell, brightest to the SW.
Optical: Bright, radiative filaments, with some faint Balmer dominated filaments.
X-ray: Partial shell, with bright patch.
Distance: Possible association with OB stars suggests 2.5 kpc.

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Last updated: 23 Aug 2000


Dave Green/MRAO, Cambridge, UK/D.A.Green@mrao.cam.ac.uk