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J/A+AS/118/329      MOST supernova remnant catalogue (MSC) (Whiteoak+ 1996)
The MOST supernova remnant catalogue (MSC).
       Whiteoak J.B.Z., Green A.J.
      <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 118, 329 (1996)>
      =1996A&AS..118..329W      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Supernova remnants - Radio lines - Morphology

Keywords: ISM: supernova remnants - radio continuum: ISM - atlases -
          catalogues - surveys

Description:
    A catalogue of supernova remnants in the southern Galaxy within the
    area 245°≤l≤355°, |b|≲1.5° has been produced from
    observations made at 0.843GHz with a resolution of 43" using the
    Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST).

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
msc.dat          106       93   Parameters of known, new, possible SNRs
notes.dat         80      562   Individual notes


See also:
   VII/210 : A Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants (Green, 1996)
    VII/15 : Galactic supernova remnants catalog (Ilovaisky+ 1972)
    VII/14 : Galactic supernova remnants catalog (Clark+ 1979)


Byte-by-byte Description of file: msc.dat

   Bytes Format  Units    Label     Explanations

       1  A1     ---      Status   *[knpr] Known. New, Possible or Rejected SNR
       2  A1     ---      NoteFlag  [*] indicates a note in file notes.dat
   3- 12  A10    ---      MSC       Supernova remnant name (GLLL.l+B.b)
  14- 15  I2     h        RAh       Right ascension (J2000.0)
  17- 18  I2     min      RAm       Right ascension (J2000.0)
  20- 21  I2     s        RAs       Right ascension (J2000.0)
      23  A1     ---      DE-       Declination sign
  24- 25  I2     deg      DEd       Declination (J2000.0)
  27- 28  I2     arcmin   DEm       Declination (J2000.0)
  30- 31  I2     arcsec   DEs       ? Declination (J2000.0)
      33  A1     ---      l_S0.843  Limit flag on S0.843
  34- 38  F5.1   Jy       S0.843    ? Integrated flux density at 0.843GHz
  40- 41  I2     arcmin   DMaj      ? Major diameter at 0.843GHz
      42  A1     ---      ---       [x]
  43- 44  I2     arcmin   DMin      ? Minor diameter at 0.843GHz
      46  A1     ---     l_SB0.843  Limit flag on SB0.843
  47- 51  F5.1  10+5Jy/sr SB0.843   ? Mean surface brightness at 0.843GHz
  54- 55  A2     ---      Type     *[CS *?] Type (1)
  57- 58  I2     ---      Fig       ?Figure number (not for possible SNR)
  60- 67  A8     ---      RefMOST  *Reference to previous MOST publications
  69-106  A38    ---      Remarks   Remarks, including common names and
                                      references

Note on Status: this flag takes the values:
     k: Known SNR    (Table MSC.A of the paper)
     n: New SNR      (Table MSC.B of the paper)
     p: Possible SNR (Table MSC.C of the paper)
     r: Reclassifed  (section 3.3 of the paper)
Note on Type:
     S: shell
     P: plerion or filled-centre
     C: composite
     *: apparent multiple shell structure
Note on RefMOST: references (for known SNRs only):
     1: Caswell et al., 19833MNRAS.204..915C
     2: Caswell et al., 1983PASAu...5..227C
     3: Caswell et al., 1992ApJ...399L.151C
     4: Haynes, 1987AuJPh..40..741H
     5: Kesteven & Caswell, 1987A&A...183..118K
     6: Kesteven et al., 1987AuJPh..40..855K
     7: Manchester & Durdin, 1983IAUS..101..421M
     8: Milne et al., 1985PASAu...6...78M
     9: Milne et al., 1988, in: Kundt W. (ed.) Supernova Shells and
        their Birth Events,. Spinger-Verlag, p.98
    10: Milne et al., 1989PASAu...8..187M
    11: Roger at al., 1985Natur.316...44R
    12: Roger et al., 1986MNRAS.219..815R
    13: Whiteoak et al., 1989PASAu...8..176W
    14: Whiteoak, 1990Natur.347..157W
    15: Whiteoak, 1992MNRAS.256..121W
    16: Whiteoak, 1993ApJ...415..701W


Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat

   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

   1- 10  A10   ---     MSC       Object name (GLLL.l+B.b)
  12- 80  A69   ---     Note      Text of the note


History:
  * 06-Oct-1998: Prepared via OCR at CDS.
  * 26-Feb-1999: tables merged into a single catalogue
  * 18-May-1999: thanks to H. Andernach, a note was added about G308.7+0.0
(End)      James Marcout, Patricia Bauer, Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]  26-Feb-1999