Magellanic Cloud
Emission Line Survey:
The MC Supernova Remnant Sample


This page currently only gives the Mathewson et al. sample of SNRs in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. We will be updating it in the near future with the newly identified SNRs from the MCELS.

LMC
SNR ID Other RA(1950) Dec(1950) Size ('') Source Code
0450-709
04:51:00 -70:55:24 390x281 M85 OR
0453-685
04:53:46 -68:34:15 140x131 M83 XOR
0454-665 N11L 04:54:42 -66:30:22 60x53 M83 XOR
0455-687 N86 04:55:53 -68:43:52 217x183 M83 XOR
0500-702 N186D 05:00:20 -70:12:26 116x116 M83 XOR
0505-679 DEM71 05:05:49 -67:56:33 83x67 M83 XOR
0506-680 N23 05:06:03 -68:05:51 53x53 M83 XOR
0509-687 N103B 05:09:13 -68:47:15 23x18 M83 XOR
0509-675
05:09:36 -67:34:56 25x25 M83 XOR
0513-692
05:13:38 -66:26:15 225x191 M85 OR
0519-697 N120 05:19:08 -69:42:11 104x104 M83 XOR
0519-690
05:19:52 -69:05:05 28x28 M83 XOR
0520-694
05:20:07 -69:28:53 138x104 M83 XOR
0524-664
05:24:18 -66:26:15 180x165 M85 OR
0525-660 N49B 05:25:24 -66:01:46 110x110 M83 XOR
0525-696 N132D 05:25:27 -69:41:02 120x100 M83 XOR
0525-661 N49 05:25:57 -66:07:32 68x60 M83 XOR
0527-658 DEM204 05:27:51 -65:52:31 237x212 M83 XOR
0528-692 LHG40 05:28:00 -69:14:35 143 M84 XOR
0532-710 N206 05:32:35 -71:02:15 178x171 M83 XOR
0534-699
05:34:28 -69:56:51 116x108 M83 XOR
0534-705 DEM238 05:34:52 -70:35:16 179x162 M83 XOR
0535-660 N63A 05:35:39 -66:03:52 20x20 M83 XOR
0536-676 LHG60 05:36:09 -67:36:34 188 M85 XOR
0536-706 DEM249 05:36:43 -70:40:30 162x129 M83 XOR
0538-691 N157B 05:38:13 -69:11:58 28x24 M83 XOR
0538-693
05:38:37 -69:23:11 169 M84 OR?
0540-693
05:40:34 -69:21:24 8x8 M83 XOR
0543-689 DEM299 05:43:27 -69:00:05 292x243 M83 XOR
0547-697 N135 05:47:37 -69:43:11 270x150 M83 XOR
0548-704
05:48:24 -70:25:44 103x103 M83 XOR
0536-692(sbub) LHG62 05:36:29 -69:13:36 469x375 M85 XOR
0528-672(cand)
05:28:30 -67:17:00 ~675 M85 R
0532-675(cand) LHG48? 05:32:30 -67:34:00 ~788 M85 R
SMC
0045-734
00:45:28 -73:24:51 100x70 M83 XOR
0046-735
00:46:38 -73:35:37 120x84 M83 XOR
0047-735
00:47:16 -73:30:58 170 M84 XOR
0049-736 N50,DEM68/69,SM14 00:49:22 -73:37:43 110x80 M83,M84 XOR
0050-728
00:50:58 -72:53:23 193 M84 OR
0056-725 IKT16 00:56:37 -72:33:34 187 M84 XOR
0058-718
00:58:42 -71:49:38 207 M84 OR
0101-724
01:01:40 -72:25:47 98x77 M83 XOR
0102-723
01:02:25 -72:18:00 24x24 M83 XOR
0103-726
01:03:38 -72:39:09 292x187 M83 XOR
0104-723 IKT25 01:04:44 -72:21:39 97 M84 XOR?

References

N = Henize 1956
DEM = Davies, Elliot, & Meaburn 1976
IKT = Inoue, Koyama, & Tanaka 1983
LHG = Long, Helfand, & Grabelsky 1981
SM = Seward & Mitchell 1981

M83 = Mathewson et al. 1983
M84 = Mathewson et al. 1984
M85 = Mathewson et al. 1985

Codes

X = detected in X-rays
O = detected in optical
R = detected in radio

The MCELS project has been supported in part by NSF grants AST-9540747 and AST-0307613, and through the generous support of the Dean B. McLaughlin Fund at the University of Michigan, a bequest from the family of Dr. Dean B. McLaughlin in memory of his lasting impact on Astronomy. The National Optical Astronomy Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. (AURA), under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.

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Last update: January 9, 2006 by RCS