Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded.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

G82.2+5.3     W63

• Right Ascension: 20 19 00
• Declination: +45 30
• Size (/arcmin): 95×65
• Type: S
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 120?
• Spectral Index: 0.5?

Notes: Has been called G82.5+5.3.

Radio: Shell in the Cygnus X complex.

Optical: In complex region, but spectra indicate SNR filaments.

X-ray: Detected.

References:

• Velusamy & Kundu 1974, A&A, 32, 375. NRAO 300-ft at 2.7 GHz (5': S=59.0±3.5 Jy). ADS
• Sabbadin 1976, A&A, 51, 159. Optical spectra. ADS
• Angerhofer et al. 1977, A&A, 55, 11. NRAO 140-ft at 5 GHz (6'.8). Incomplete mapping. ADS
• Rosado & Gonzõlez 1981, RMxAA, 5, 93. Optical spectra. ADS
• Seward 1990, ApJS, 73, 781. Einstein observations. ADS
• Biggs & Lyne 1996, MNRAS, 282, 691. Pulsar search. ADS
• Lorimer et al. 1998, A&A, 331, 1002. Pulsar search. ADS
• Reich et al. 2003, A&A, 408, 961. Effelsberg 100-m at 863 MHz (14'.5: S=82.5±5.5 Jy). ADS
• Uyanıker et al. 2003, ApJ, 585, 785. CGPS at 1.4 GHz (1') including polarisation, of part. ADS
• Mavromatakis et al. 2004, A&A, 415, 1051. ROSAT, ASCA and optical observations. ADS
• Kothes et al. 2006, A&A, 457, 1081. CGPS at 408 MHz (~3': S=144±12 Jy) and 1420 MHz (~1': S=93±5 Jy), including review of flux densities. ADS

Last updated: 20 Feb 2009