Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded.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

G166.2+2.5 OA 184

• Right Ascension: 05 19 00
• Declination: +41 55
• Size (/arcmin): 90×70
• Type: S
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 11
• Spectral Index: 0.5

Radio: Large, faint shell.

Optical: Nearly complete ring.

Distance: HI indicates 8±2 kpc.

References:

• Willis 1973, A&A, 26, 237. NRAO 300-ft at 2.7 GHz (5': S=6.0±2.2 Jy). ADS
• Dickel & DeNoyer 1975, AJ, 80, 437. Arecibo 111 MHz. ADS
• Lozinskaya 1981, SvAL, 7, 17. Mean optical velocity. ADS
• Fesen et al. 1985, ApJ, 292, 29. Optical spectra. ADS
• Routledge et al. 1986, MNRAS, 221, 809. DRAO at 1.4 GHz (1'×1'.4: S=9.0±0.5 Jy) including HI, plus review of flux densities. ADS
• Kim et al. 1988, AJ, 96, 704. VLA of background sources for magnetic field structure of the remnant. ADS
• Leahy & Marshall 1988, MNRAS, 235, 805. IRAS observations. ADS
• Lorimer et al. 1998, A&A, 331, 1002. Pulsar search. ADS

Last updated: 13 Aug 1998