Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Cloud. I. Narrow-Band Imaging of N132D in the LMC

1996 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 509 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Morse ◽  
W. P. Blair ◽  
M. A. Dopita ◽  
J. P. Hughes ◽  
R. P. Kirshner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supernova Remnants ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Narrow Band Imaging ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Space Telescope

scholarly journals New optically identified supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (2) ◽  
pp. 2336-2358
Author(s):  
Miranda Yew ◽  
Miroslav D Filipović ◽  
Milorad Stupar ◽  
Sean D Points ◽  
Manami Sasaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supernova Remnants ◽  
Supernova Remnant ◽  
Narrow Band Imaging ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Found Objects ◽  
Type Ia ◽  
Optical Sample

ABSTRACT We present a new optical sample of three Supernova Remnants (SNRs) and 16 Supernova Remnant (SNR) candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). These objects were originally selected using deep H α, [S ii], and [O iii] narrow-band imaging. Most of the newly found objects are located in less dense regions, near or around the edges of the LMC’s main body. Together with previously suggested MCSNR J0541–6659, we confirm the SNR nature for two additional new objects: MCSNR J0522–6740 and MCSNR J0542–7104. Spectroscopic follow-up observations for 12 of the LMC objects confirm high [S ii]/H α emission-line ratios ranging from 0.5 to 1.1. We consider the candidate J0509–6402 to be a special example of the remnant of a possible type Ia Supernova (SN) which is situated some 2° (∼1.75 kpc) north from the main body of the LMC. We also find that the SNR candidates in our sample are significantly larger in size than the currently known LMC SNRs by a factor of ∼2. This could potentially imply that we are discovering a previously unknown but predicted, older class of large LMC SNRs that are only visible optically. Finally, we suggest that most of these LMC SNRs are residing in a very rarefied environment towards the end of their evolutionary span where they become less visible to radio and X-ray telescopes.

scholarly journals Imaging of Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae by the Hubble Space Telescope

1993 ◽  
Vol 155 ◽  
pp. 212-212
Author(s):  
M. A. Dopita ◽  
S. J. Meatheringham ◽  
P. R. Wood ◽  
H. C. Ford ◽  
R. C. Bohlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Point Spread Function ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Planetary Nebulae ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Point Spread ◽  
Spread Function ◽  
Made In

We have obtained Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Planetary Camera (PC) images of a number of Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae. The objects, except for SMP 83 were observed as part of the Cycle I GO program. The observations were made in the [O III] λ5007Å line. The object SMP 83, was observed as part of the GTO program, and in this case observations were also made in the Hα line using the F650N filter. In order to characterise the point spread function, a star was placed at the same point on the chip as the PN. This allowed us to determine the diameters of barely resolved PN in an accurate manner, by convolving the PSF with a function until it matched the appearance of the PN image. The results are given in Table 1.

Erratum: "Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds. I. Narrowband Imaging of N132D in the LMC" [A. J. 112,2,509(1996)]

1996 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 2350
Author(s):  
Jon A. Morse ◽  
William P. Blair ◽  
Michael A. Dopita ◽  
John P. Hughes ◽  
Robert P. Kirshner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supernova Remnants ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Narrowband Imaging

scholarly journals CSI in Supernova Remnants

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (S331) ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
You-Hua Chu
Keyword(s):  
Supernova Remnants ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Orbital Plane ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Close Binary System ◽  
Close Binary ◽  
Binary Interaction ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Multi Wavelength ◽  
Mass Ejection

AbstractSupernovae (SNe) explode in environments that have been significantly modified by the SN progenitors. For core-collapse SNe, the massive progenitors ionize the ambient interstellar medium (ISM) via UV radiation and sweep the ambient ISM via fast stellar winds during the main sequence phase, replenish the surroundings with stellar material via slow winds during the luminous blue variable (LBV) or red supergiant (RSG) phase, and sweep up the circumstellar medium (CSM) via fast winds during the Wolf-Rayet (WR) phase. If a massive progenitor was in a close binary system, the binary interaction could have caused mass ejection in certain preferred directions, such as the orbital plane, and even bipolar outflow/jet. As a massive star finally explodes, the SN ejecta interacts first with the CSM that was ejected and shaped by the star itself. As the newly formed supernova remnant (SNR) expands further, it encounters interstellar structures that were shaped by the progenitor from earlier times. Therefore, the structure and evolution of a SNR is largely dependent on the initial mass and close binarity of the SN progenitor. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has an excellent sample of over 50 confirmed SNRs that are well resolved by Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope. These multi-wavelength observations allow us to conduct stellar forensics in SNRs and understand the wide variety of morphologies and physical properties of SNRs observed.

Far-Ultraviolet Imaging of the Field Star Population in the Large Magellanic Cloud with the [ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL]

1999 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah Brosch ◽  
Michael Shara ◽  
John MacKenty ◽  
David Zurek ◽  
Brian McLean
Keyword(s):  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Field Star ◽  
Far Ultraviolet
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