The first optical light from the supernova remnant G182.4+4.3 located in the Galactic anticentre region

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Sezer A., GÖK F., Aktekin E.

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, cilt.427, sa.2, ss.1168-1174, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 427 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.22015.x
  • Dergi Adı: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1168-1174
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: ISM: individual objects: G182.4+4.3, ISM: supernova remnants, X-rays: ISM, SOUTHERN SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC STANDARDS, PHOTON IMAGING CAMERA, XMM-NEWTON, DISCOVERY, EMISSION, CATALOG
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We report the discovery of optical filamentary and diffuse emission from G182.4+4.3 using the 1.5-m Russian-Turkish telescope. We present the optical CCD images obtained with the H alpha filter, revealing the presence of mainly filamentary structure to the north-west and filamentary and diffuse structure in the centre, south and north regions of the remnant. The bright optical filaments located in the north-west and south regions are well correlated with the prominent radio shell of the remnant, strongly suggesting an association. From the flux-calibrated CCD imaging, the average [S II]/H alpha ratio is found to be similar to 0.9 and similar to 1.1 for south and north-west regions, respectively, which clearly indicates that the emission originates from shock-heated gas. We also present the results of X-ray data obtained from XMM-Newton, showing diffuse emission with a very low luminosity of similar to 7.3 x 10(31) erg s(-1) at a distance of 3 kpc in the 0.3-10 keV energy band. Furthermore, we find a surprisingly low age of similar to 4400 yr for this remnant, given its large radius of similar to 22 pc.