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Observations at 408 MHz of Supernova Remnants in the LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. N. Clarke
J. N. Clarke*
Affiliation:
Cornell-Sydney University Astronomy Centre, School of Physics, University of Sydney
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There are three non-thermal sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud which are recognized as supernova remnants. They are N49, N63A and N132D in Henize’s catalogue; a summary of their observing history is given by Westerlund and Mathewson (hereinafter referred to as ‘WM’). They are rather important to our knowledge of supernovae, as there are only four galactic supernova remnants (Cas A, the Crab, the Cygnus Loop and Vela) whose distances are known approximately from independent evidence. Since the distance to the LMC is well-known, the distance to sources in it is also known quite accurately.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , July 1971 , pp. 44 - 45
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1971

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