Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded.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

G132.7+1.3     HB3

• Right Ascension: 02 17 40
• Declination: +62 45
• Size (/arcmin): 80
• Type: S
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 45
• Spectral Index: 0.6

Notes: Has been called G132.4+2.2.

Radio: Faint shell, adjacent to W3/4/5 complex.

Optical: Complete, filamentary shell, shock excited spectra.

X-ray: Partial shell.

Point sources: Pulsar nearby.

Distance: Interaction with surroundings suggests 2.2 kpc.

References:

• van den Bergh et al. 1973, ApJS, 26, 19. Optical observations. ADS
• Velusamy & Kundu 1974, A&A, 32, 375. NRAO 300-ft at 2.7 GHz (5': S=33.8±7.0 Jy). ADS
• d'Odorico & Sabbadin 1977, A&AS, 28, 439. Optical spectra. ADS
• Read 1981, MNRAS, 194, 863. Radio at 151 MHz (4'.4) and 1.4 GHz (2') showing HI shell. ADS
• Lozinskaya 1981, SvAL, 7, 17. Mean optical velocity. ADS
• Fesen & Gull 1983, PASP, 95, 196. Optical image. ADS
• Leahy et al. 1985, ApJ, 294, 183. Einstein observations. ADS
• Landecker et al. 1987, AJ, 94, 111. DRAO at 408 MHz (3'.5×4': S=75±15 Jy), plus review of flux densities. ADS
• Routledge et al. 1991, A&A, 247, 529. DRAO at 1.4 GHz (1'.0×1'.1) for HI, plus CO observations. ADS
• Fesen et al. 1995, AJ, 110, 2876. Optical imaging and spectroscopy, DRAO at 408 MHz (3'.5×4') and 1.4 GHz (1'.0×1'.1). ADS
• Lorimer et al. 1998, A&A, 331, 1002. Pulsar search. ADS
• Koralesky et al. 1998, AJ, 116, 1323. VLA detection of compact OH emission. ADS
• Reich et al. 2003, A&A, 408, 961. Effelsberg 100-m at 863 MHz (14'.5: S=51.5±3.5 Jy). ADS
• Tian & Leahy 2005, A&A, 436, 187. CGPS at 408 MHz (3'.4×3'.8:) and 1.4 GHz (1'.0×1'.1), for spectral index studies. ADS
   also see: Tian & Leahy 2006, A&A, 451, 991. Erratum. ADS
• Kothes et al. 2006, A&A, 457, 1081. CGPS at 408 MHz (~3': S=61±9 Jy) and 1420 MHz (~1': S=29.4±2.7 Jy), including review of flux densities. ADS
• Lazendic & Slane 2006, ApJ, 647, 350. X-ray observations. ADS
• Green 2007, BASI, 35, 77. Review of radio spectrum. ADS
• Shi et al. 2008, A&A, 487, 601. Urumqi 25-m at 4.8 GHz (9'.5), plus other survey observations for spectral studies. ADS
• Casandjian & Grenier 2008, A&A, 489, 849. γ-ray observations. ADS

Last updated: 20 Feb 2009