AXP 1E 1048-59
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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| Constellation | Carina |
| Right ascension | 10h 50m 08.93s[1] |
| Declination | −59° 53′ 19.9″[1] |
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Anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 1E 1048.1-5937 was the first AXP ever observed to emit an SGR-like X-ray burst.[2] It is also the closest magnetar to Earth located 2,759 parsecs (9,000 light-years) away in the constellation Carina.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "1E 1048.1-5937". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ (in English) F. D. Seward & P. A. Charles, A Six-Second Periodic X-ray Source in Carina, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 16, 983 (1984) Voir en ligne.
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