J/A+AS/118/329 MOST supernova remnant catalogue (MSC) (Whiteoak+ 1996)
The MOST supernova remnant catalogue (MSC).
Whiteoak J.B.Z., Green A.J.
<Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 118, 329 (1996)>
=1996A&AS..118..329W 1996A&AS..118..329W (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Supernova remnants - Radio lines - Morphology
Keywords: ISM: supernova remnants - radio continuum: ISM - atlases -
catalogues - surveys
Description:
A catalogue of supernova remnants in the southern Galaxy within the
area 245°≤l≤355°, |b|≲1.5° has been produced from
observations made at 0.843GHz with a resolution of 43" using the
Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST).
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
msc.dat 106 93 Parameters of known, new, possible SNRs
notes.dat 80 562 Individual notes
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See also:
VII/210 : A Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants (Green, 1996)
VII/15 : Galactic supernova remnants catalog (Ilovaisky+ 1972)
VII/14 : Galactic supernova remnants catalog (Clark+ 1979)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: msc.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1 A1 --- Status *[knpr] Known. New, Possible or Rejected SNR
2 A1 --- NoteFlag [*] indicates a note in file notes.dat
3- 12 A10 --- MSC Supernova remnant name (GLLL.l+B.b)
14- 15 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000.0)
17- 18 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000.0)
20- 21 I2 s RAs Right ascension (J2000.0)
23 A1 --- DE- Declination sign
24- 25 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000.0)
27- 28 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000.0)
30- 31 I2 arcsec DEs ? Declination (J2000.0)
33 A1 --- l_S0.843 Limit flag on S0.843
34- 38 F5.1 Jy S0.843 ? Integrated flux density at 0.843GHz
40- 41 I2 arcmin DMaj ? Major diameter at 0.843GHz
42 A1 --- --- [x]
43- 44 I2 arcmin DMin ? Minor diameter at 0.843GHz
46 A1 --- l_SB0.843 Limit flag on SB0.843
47- 51 F5.1 10+5Jy/sr SB0.843 ? Mean surface brightness at 0.843GHz
54- 55 A2 --- Type *[CS *?] Type (1)
57- 58 I2 --- Fig ?Figure number (not for possible SNR)
60- 67 A8 --- RefMOST *Reference to previous MOST publications
69-106 A38 --- Remarks Remarks, including common names and
references
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Note on Status: this flag takes the values:
k: Known SNR (Table MSC.A of the paper)
n: New SNR (Table MSC.B of the paper)
p: Possible SNR (Table MSC.C of the paper)
r: Reclassifed (section 3.3 of the paper)
Note on Type:
S: shell
P: plerion or filled-centre
C: composite
*: apparent multiple shell structure
Note on RefMOST: references (for known SNRs only):
1: Caswell et al., 19833MNRAS.204..915C
2: Caswell et al., 1983PASAu...5..227C 1983PASAu...5..227C
3: Caswell et al., 1992ApJ...399L.151C 1992ApJ...399L.151C
4: Haynes, 1987AuJPh..40..741H 1987AuJPh..40..741H
5: Kesteven & Caswell, 1987A&A...183..118K 1987A&A...183..118K
6: Kesteven et al., 1987AuJPh..40..855K 1987AuJPh..40..855K
7: Manchester & Durdin, 1983IAUS..101..421M 1983IAUS..101..421M
8: Milne et al., 1985PASAu...6...78M 1985PASAu...6...78M
9: Milne et al., 1988, in: Kundt W. (ed.) Supernova Shells and
their Birth Events,. Spinger-Verlag, p.98
10: Milne et al., 1989PASAu...8..187M 1989PASAu...8..187M
11: Roger at al., 1985Natur.316...44R 1985Natur.316...44R
12: Roger et al., 1986MNRAS.219..815R 1986MNRAS.219..815R
13: Whiteoak et al., 1989PASAu...8..176W 1989PASAu...8..176W
14: Whiteoak, 1990Natur.347..157W 1990Natur.347..157W
15: Whiteoak, 1992MNRAS.256..121W 1992MNRAS.256..121W
16: Whiteoak, 1993ApJ...415..701W 1993ApJ...415..701W
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- MSC Object name (GLLL.l+B.b)
12- 80 A69 --- Note Text of the note
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History:
* 06-Oct-1998: Prepared via OCR at CDS.
* 26-Feb-1999: tables merged into a single catalogue
* 18-May-1999: thanks to H. Andernach, a note was added about G308.7+0.0
(End) James Marcout, Patricia Bauer, Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 26-Feb-1999