1E 1048-59
Appearance
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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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 | |
SIMBAD | data |
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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "1E 1048.1-5937". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ (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.