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1997PASP..109..990C - Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 109, 990-997 (1997/September-0)

Expansion of the supernova remnant RCW 103.

CARTER L.M., DICKEL J.R. and BOMANS D.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

begin{tex}A new CCD image of the supernova remnant RCW 103 was taken in 1995 to compare with a photographic plate taken in 1970. We calculated the proper-motion expansion of the outer edge and several filaments by comparing radial slices through each of the data sets. The mean expansion rate of the outer edge is 1\farcs 8~±∼0\farcs 2 per 25 years, or about 1100 km sec^{-1}. At this velocity the remnant is most likely around 2000 years old. In addition, it must have made the transition from the double-shock phase of evolution to the point-blast phase fairly recently for the initial energy of the supernova explosion to be within a reasonable range.

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Journal keyword(s): Interstellar Medium and Nebulae

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