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1E 1048-59

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1E 1048.1-5937
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Carina[1]
Right ascension 10h 50m 08.93s[2]
Declination −59° 53′ 19.9″[2]
Other designations
1RXS J105007.2-595329[2]
Database references
SIMBADdata

AXP 1E 1048.1-5937 was the first anomalous X-ray pulsar ever observed to emit an SGR-like X-ray burst.[3] It is also the closest magnetar to Earth located 2,759 parsecs (9,000 light-years) away in the constellation Carina.

References

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  1. ^ Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c "1E 1048.1-5937". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. ^ (in English) F. D. Seward & P. A. Charles, A Six-Second Periodic X-ray Source in Carina, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 16, 983 (1984) Voir en ligne.