ATCA Observations of the Remnant of Supernova 1987A


A 12mm (18.5 GHz) observation of SN 1987A made with the Compact Array on July 31, 2003 (Manchester et al., 2005). The radio emission is due to synchrotron radiation from shock-accelerated electrons spiralling in the remnant's magnetic field. The cross marks the location of the supernova explosion.

Current team members

Lewis Ball (ATNF), Bryan Gaensler (Harvard), Michael Kesteven (ATNF), Dick Manchester (ATNF), Lister Staveley-Smith (ATNF, PI), Tasso Tzioumis (ATNF)

Selected ATCA Publications

  • Manchester R. N., Gaensler, B. M., Staveley-Smith, L., Kesteven, M. J. Tzioumis A. K. 2005, "Imaging of the radio remnant of SN 1987A at 12 mm wavelength", ApJ Lett., in press (astro-ph/0506475)
  • Manchester R. N., Gaensler B. M., Wheaton V. C., Staveley-Smith L., Tzioumis A. K., Bizunok N. S., Kesteven M. J. & Reynolds J. E. 2002, "Evolution of the Radio Remnant of SN 1987A: 1990-2001", PASA, 19, 2007.
  • Gaensler B. M., Manchester R. N., Staveley-Smith L., Tzioumis A. K., Reynolds J. E., Kesteven M. J. 1997, "The Asymmetric Radio Remnant of SN 1987A", ApJ, 479, 845.
  • Staveley-Smith L., Briggs D. S., Rowe A. C. H., Manchester R. N., Reynolds J. E., Tzioumis A. K., Kesteven M. J. 1993, "Structure of the Radio Remnant of Supernova 1987A", Nature, 366, 136.
  • Staveley-Smith L., Manchester R. N., Kesteven M. J., Reynolds J. E., Tzioumis A. K., Killeen N. E. B., Jauncey D. L., Campbell-Wilson D., Crawford D. F., Turtle A. J. 1992, "Birth of a radio supernova remnant in supernova 1987A", Nature, 355, 147.
  • Other publications (ADS).

ATCA data

Flux densities for SNR 1987A measured at the ATCA since July 1990 are listed below. Each file contains the day number since the SN explosion (MJD - 46849.3), the central observing frequency in MHz, the integrated flux density of SNR 1987A in mJy and its estimated uncertainty in mJy, and the integrated flux density of J0536-6918 in mJy and its estimated uncertainty in mJy.

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