Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded.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

G292.0+1.8     MSH 11−54

• Right Ascension: 11 24 36
• Declination: −59 16
• Size (/arcmin): 12×8
• Type: C
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 15
• Spectral Index: 0.4

Radio: Centrally brightened source surrounded by a plateau of faint emission.

Optical: Oxygen rich.

X-ray: Ring of emission, with diffuse central nebula and pulsar.

Point sources: Central pulsar.

Distance: HI absorption implies 6.0 kpc.

References:

• Shaver & Goss 1970, AuJPA, 14, 133. Molonglo at 408 MHz (3') and Parkes 64-m at 5 GHz (4'). ADS
• Lockhart et al. 1977, MNRAS, 179, 147. Fleurs at 1415 MHz (50'': S=13.0 Jy). ADS
• Goss et al. 1979, MNRAS, 188, 357. Optical spectra. ADS
• Clark et al. 1980, MNRAS, 193, 129. X-ray spectrum. ADS
• Tuohy et al. 1982, ApJ, 260, L65. Einstein observations. ADS
• Dopita & Tuohy 1984, ApJ, 282, 135. Optical spectra. ADS
• Braun et al. 1986, A&A, 162, 259. MOST at 843 MHz (0'.8) and IRAS. ADS
• Hughes & Singh 1994, ApJ, 422, 126. EXOSAT spectrum. ADS
• Sutherland & Dopita 1995, ApJ, 439, 365. Spectrophotometry. ADS
• Hughes et al. 2001, ApJ, 559, L153. Chandra observations, including central nebula. ADS
• Camilo et al. 2002, ApJ, 567, L71. Pulsar detection. ADS
• Park et al. 2002, ApJ, 564, L39. Chandra observations. ADS
• Gonzalez & Safi-Harb 2003, ApJ, 583, L91. Chandra observations. ADS
• Hughes et al. 2003, ApJ, 591, L139. Chandra observations of pulsar. ADS
• Gaensler & Wallace 2003, ApJ, 594, 326. ATCA at 1.4, 2.3 and 5.2 GHz (9".6×8".0, 7".2×6".2 and 5".5×4".8: S=11.9±0.1, 11.4±0.1 and 8.8±0.1), plus HI observations. ADS
• Park et al. 2004, ApJ, 602, L33. Chandra observations. ADS
• Vink et al. 2004, NuPhS, 132, 62. XMM observations. ADS
• Ghavamian et al. 2005, ApJ, 635, 365. Optical imaging spectroscopy. ADS
• Winkler & Long 2006, AJ, 132, 360. Optical observations. ADS
• Park et al. 2007, ApJ, 670, L121. Chandra observations. ADS
• Zharikov et al. 2008, A&A, 492, 805. Possible optical counterpart to pulsar and nebula. ADS
• Winkler et al. 2009, ApJ, 692, 1489. Optical proper motion studies. ADS
• Ghavamian et al. 2009, ApJ, 696, 1307. Spitzer spectroscopy. ADS
• Lee et al. 2009, ApJ, 706, 441. IR observations. ADS
• Lee et al. 2010, ApJ, 711, 861. Chandra observations. ADS
• Ghavamian et al. 2012, ApJ, 750, 39. Spitzer observations ADS
• Zharikov et al. 2013, A&A, 554, A120. IR of pulsar wind nebula. ADS

Last updated: 24 Apr 2014