G184.6−5.8     Crab Nebula, 3C144, SN1054

• Right Ascension: 05 34 31
• Declination: +22 01
• Size (/arcmin): 7×5
• Type: F
• Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 1040
• Spectral Index: 0.30

Notes: This is the remnant of the SN of AD1054.

Radio: Filled-centre, central pulsar, with faint `jet' (or tube) extending from the N edge.

Optical: Strongly polarised filaments, diffuse synchrotron emission, with `jet' faintly visible.

X-ray: Central `torus' around the pulsar.

Point sources: Pulsar powering the remnant.

Distance: Proper motions and radial velocities give 2 kpc.

References:

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• Velusamy 1985, MNRAS, 212, 359. VLA at 1.4 GHz (15''). ADS
• Aller & Reynolds 1985, ApJ, 293, L73. Flux density decrease. ADS
• Fesen & Gull 1986, ApJ, 306, 259. Deep [OIII] imagery of `jet'. ADS
• Marcelin et al. 1990, A&A, 228, 471. Optical of `jet'. ADS
• Hester et al. 1990, ApJ, 357, 539. Optical and IR images. ADS
• Hickson & van den Bergh 1990, ApJ, 365, 224. Optical polarisation. ADS
• Bietenholz & Kronberg 1990, ApJ, 357, L13. VLA at 1.4 GHz (1".8). ADS
• Bietenholz & Kronberg 1992, ApJ, 393, 206. VLA at 1.5 and 5 GHz (1".8) and 1.5 and 14 GHz (6".5) for spectral studies. ADS
• Fesen & Staker 1993, MNRAS, 263, 69. [OIII] imaging of `jet', and proper motion studies. ADS
• Kassim et al. 1993, AJ, 106, 2218. VLA at 74 MHz (20''). ADS
• Véron-Cetty & Woltjer 1993, A&A, 270, 370. Continuum and [OIII] photometry. ADS
• Wallace et al. 1994, A&A, 286, 565. HI of surroundings. ADS
• Frail et al. 1995, ApJ, 454, L129. VLA at 333 MHz (20'') for limits on shell. ADS
• Bietenholz et al. 1997, ApJ, 490, 291. Comparison of VLA observations at 74 MHz, 327 MHz, 1.5 GHz and 5 GHz for spectral index studies. ADS
• Blair et al. 1997, ApJS, 109, 473. HST imaging. ADS
• Fesen et al. 1997, AJ, 113, 354. Limits on Hα halo. ADS
• van der Meulen et al. 1998, A&A, 330, 321. γ-ray observations. ADS
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• Sankrit et al. 1998, ApJ, 504, 344. HST images. ADS
• Wallace et al. 1999, ApJS, 124, 181. DRAO at 1.4 GHz (1'.0×2'.8), plus Effelsberg 100-m, for HI studies. ADS
• Greiveldinger & Aschenbach 1999, ApJ, 510, 305. X-ray variability of torus. ADS
• Weisskopf et al. 2000, ApJ, 536, L81. Chandra observations. ADS
• Sollerman et al. 2000, ApJ, 537, 861. HST observations. ADS
• Aharonian et al. 2000, ApJ, 539, 317. γ-ray observations. ADS
• Oser et al. 2001, ApJ, 547, 949. γ-ray observations. ADS
• Willingale et al. 2001, A&A, 365, L212. XMM observations. ADS
• Douvion et al. 2001, A&A, 373, 281. ISO observations. ADS
• Bietenholz et al. 2001, ApJ, 560, 254. Multi-epoch VLA observations, showing variations near the pulsar. ADS
• Bandiera et al. 2002, A&A, 386, 1044. 1.3 mm observations. ADS
• Hester et al. 2002, ApJ, 577, L49. HST and Chandra multi-epoch observations. ADS
• Atkins et al. 2003, ApJ, 595, 803. γ-ray observations. ADS
• Green et al. 2004, MNRAS, 355, 1315. Sub-mm and ISO observations. ADS
• Mori et al. 2004, ApJ, 609, 186. Chandra observations. ADS
• Čadež et al. 2004, ApJ, 609, 797. Optical observations. ADS
• Aharonian et al. 2004, ApJ, 614, 897. γ-ray observations. ADS
• Bietenholz et al. 2004, ApJ, 615, 794. VLA at 5 GHz (1".4) and HST multi-epoch observation for proper motion studies. ADS
• Melatos et al. 2005, ApJ, 633, 931. Multi-epoch near-IR observations central region. ADS
• Seward et al. 2006, ApJ, 636, 873. Chandra observations of scattering halo. ADS
• Temim et al. 2006, AJ, 132, 1610. Spitzer observations. ADS
   also see: Temim et al. 2009, AJ, 137, 5155. Erratum. ADS
• Aharonian et al. 2006, A&A, 457, 899. γ-ray observations ADS
• Seward et al. 2006, ApJ, 652, 1277. Chandra observations. ADS
• MacAlpine et al. 2007, AJ, 133, 81. Optical spectroscopy. ADS
• Kaplan et al. 2008, ApJ, 677, 1201. HST proper motion of pulsar. ADS
• Rudie et al. 2008, MNRAS, 384, 1200. [OIII] observations of `jet', for proper motion. ADS
• Hurley-Walker et al. 2009, MNRAS, 396, 365. Radio observations at 14 to 18 GHz. ADS
• Tziamtzis et al. 2009, A&A, 497, 167. Limits on Hα halo. ADS
• Carlebois et al. 2010, AJ, 139, 2083. Optical imaging spectroscopy. ADS
• Aumount et al. 2010, A&A, 514, A70. IRAM 30-m at 150 GHz (16".7: S=244±24 Jy) and GBT at 90 GHz (9".3). ADS
• Loh et al. 2012, MNRAS, 421, 789. IR observations of H₂. ADS
• Lundqvist & Tziamtzis 2012, MNRAS, 423, 1571. Optical limits on outer shell. ADS
• Temim et al. 2012, ApJ, 753, 72. Spitzer observations of dust. ADS
• Gomez et al. 2012, ApJ, 760, 96. Herschel IR and sub-mm observations of dust. ADS
• Loll et al. 2013, ApJ, 765, 152. HST optical line and continuum observations. ADS
• Barlow et al. 2013, Science, 342, 1343. Herschel far-IR spectroscopy. ADS

Last updated: 23 May 2014