Hubble space telescope observations of oxygen-rich supernova remnants in the magellanic clouds. III. WFPC2 imaging of the young, Crab-like supernova remnant SNR 0540-69.3

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 644, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 188-197

  Morse, Jon A ^a,b   Smith, Nathan ^c,d   Blair, William P ^e   Kirshner, Robert P ^f   Frank Winkler, P ^g   Hughes, John P ^h  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^h RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumstellar matter; ISM: individual (SNR 0540 69.3); Magellanic Clouds; Supernova remnants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747075132     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503313     Document Type: Article

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