List of supernova remnants

This is a list of observed supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Milky Way, as well as galaxies nearby enough to resolve individual nebulae, such as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and the Andromeda Galaxy.

Supernova remnants typically only survive for a few tens of thousands of years, making all known SNRs fairly young compared to many other astronomical objects.

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Name	Right ascension	Declination	First visible from Earth	Peak magnitude	Distance (ly)	Type	Remnant
Sh2-264 or Lambda Orionis Ring	05^h 37^m	+09° 30′	~1 million years ago	?	1,100	?	?
Sagittarius A East	17^h 45^m 41^s	−29° 00′ 48″	100,000−35,000 years ago	?	26,000	tidal disruption	?
Monogem Ring (SNR G201.1+08.3)	06^h 59^m	+13° 56′	~86,000 years ago	?	900	?	neutron star PSR B0656+14
Simeis 147 or Spaghetti Nebula	05^h 39^m	+27° 50′	~40,000 years ago	6.5	3,000	?	neutron star PSR J0538+2817
IC 443 also known as jellyfish nebulae	06^h 18^m 02.7^s	+22° 39′ 36″	~30,000 years ago	?	3,000	II	neutron star CXOU J061705.3+222127
SNR G132.6+01.5	02^h 17^m 40^s	+62° 45′ 00″	33,000–27,000 years ago	?	7,200	?	?
W50 or Manatee Nebula	19^h 12^m 20^s	+04° 55′ 00″	~20,000 years ago	?	18,000	?	black hole/neutron star SS 433
W44	18^h 56^m 10.65^s	+01° 13′ 21.3″	20,000–16,000 years ago	?	10,400	?	neutron star PSR B1853+01
SNR G359.0-0.9	17^h 45^m 30^s	−29° 57′ 0″	18,000 years ago	?	11,000	?	?
Vela SNR	08^h 34^m	−45° 50′	10,300−9,000 BCE	12	815±98	II	neutron star Vela Pulsar
SNR G359.1-0.5	17^h 46^m 5^s	−30° 16′	ca. 8,000 BCE^[1]	?	10,500	?	?
CTB 1 or Abell 85	23^h 59^m 13^s	+62° 26′ 12″	9,000–5,500 BCE	?	10,100	?	neutron star PSR J0002+6216
Kesteven 79	18^h 52^m 29^s	+00° 38′ 42″	8600–7000 BCE	?	23,000	?	neutron star PSR J1852+0040
Cygnus Loop, including Veil Nebula	20^h 51^m	+30° 40′	6,000−3,000 BCE	7	1,470	?	possible neutron star 2XMM J204920.2+290106
3C 58	02^h 05^m 37.0^s	+64° 49′ 42″	3500−1500 BCE	?	8,000	?	pulsar 3C 58
LMC N49	05^h 26^m 00.4^s	−66° 05′ 02″	~3,000 BCE	?	160,000	?	neutron star PSR B0525-66
G299.2-2.9^[2]	12^h 15^m 13^s	−65° 30′ 00″	~2,500 BCE	?	16,000	Ias	none
Puppis A	08^h 24^m 07^s	−42° 59′ 50″	~1,700 BCE	?	7,000	?	neutron star RX J0822−4300
G332.4+00.1	16^h 15^m 20^s	−50° 42′ 00″	~1,000 BCE	?	16,800	?	neutron star PSR J1614-5048
G54.1+0.3^[3]	19^h 30^m 30^s	+18° 52′ 14″	~900 BCE	?	22,000	?	neutron star PSR J1930+1852
G292.0+01.8	11^h 24^m 59^s	−59° 19′ 10″	~800–400 BCE	?	17,600	?	neutron star PSR J1124-5916
Kesteven 75	18^h 46^m 25.5^s	−02° 59′ 14″	1st millennium BCE	?	18,900	?	neutron star PSR J1846-0258
G306.3-0.9^[4]	13^h 21^m 50.9^s	−63° 33′ 50″	~400 BCE	?	26,000	Ia	none
RCW 103	16^h 17^m 33^s	−51° 02′ 00″	1st century	?	10,000	II	neutron star 1E 161348-5055
SN 185	14^h 43^m 00^s	−62° 30′ 00″	December 7, 185	?	8,200	Ia	none
CTB 37B (possibly SN 393)	17^h 13^m 43.0^s	−38° 10′ 12″	~500 CE (April 393?)	?	43,000	?	neutron star CXOU J171405.7-381031
E0102	01^h 04^m 01^s	−72° 01′ 52″	1st millennium	?	190,000	?	neutron star
SNR 0540-69.3	05^h 40^m 10.8^s	−69° 19′ 54.2″	350–1250 CE	?	160,000	?	neutron star PSR J0540−6919
W49B	19^h 11^m 09^s	+09° 06′ 24″	About 1000 CE	?	26,000	Ib or Ic	unidentified black hole
SN 1006	15^h 02^m 22.1^s	−42° 05′ 49″	May 1, 1006	−7.5	7,200	Ia^[5]	none
G350.1-0.3	17^h 21^m 06^s	−37° 26′ 50″	1000–1100	?	15,000	?	neutron star XMMU J172054.5-372652
SN 1054 or M1 or Crab Nebula	05^h 34^m 31.94^s	+22° 00′ 52.2″	July 4, 1054	−6	6,300	II	neutron star Crab Pulsar
RX J0852.0-4622 or Vela Junior	08^h 52^m 00^s	−46° 20′ 00″	September 13, 1271^[6]	?	700	?	neutron star CXOU J085201.4–461753
SGR 1806-20	18^h 08^m 39.32^s	−20° 24′ 40.1″	1050–1650	?	42,000	?	neutron star SGR 1806-20
SN 1572 or Tycho's Nova	00^h 25^m 21.5^s	+64° 08′ 27″	November 11, 1572	−4	7,500	Ia^[5]	none
SN 1604 or Kepler's Nova	17^h 30^m 35.98^s	−21° 28′ 56.2″	October 8, 1604	−2.5	20,000	Ia	none
Cassiopeia A	23^h 23^m 24^s	+58° 48′ 54″	circa 1667	6	10,000	IIb^[7]	neutron star CXOU J232327.8+584842
SN 1885A or S Andromedae	00^h 42^m 43.12^s	+41° 16′ 03.2″	August 20, 1885	6	2,500,000	I pec	none
G1.9+0.3	17^h 48^m 46.1^s	−27° 09′ 50.9″	circa 1898	?	25,000	Ia	none
SN 1987A	05^h 35^m 28.02^s	−69° 16′ 11.1″	February 24, 1987	3	168,000	II-P	neutron star

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Krause, O.; Birkmann, S.; Usuda, T.; Hattori, T.; Goto, M.; Rieke, G.; Misselt, K. (2008). "The Cassiopeia A supernova was of type IIb". Science. 320 (5880): 1195–1197. arXiv:0805.4557. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1195K. doi:10.1126/science.1155788. PMID 18511684. S2CID 40884513.

[Bamba2000-1] [1]
Bamba, Aya; Yokogawa, Jun; Sakano, Masaaki; Koyama, Katsuji (1 April 2000). "Deep X-Ray Observations of Supernova Remnants G359.1–0.5 and G359.0–0.9 with ASCA". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 52 (2): 259–266. arXiv:astro-ph/0003057. doi:10.1093/pasj/52.2.259.

[2] [2]
Chandra X-Ray Observatory (2015-02-12). "G299.2-2.9: Exploded Star Blooms Like a Cosmic Flower". Retrieved 2015-10-15.

[3] [3]
Rho, J; et al. (2018-10-01). "A dust twin of Cas A: cool dust and 21 μm silicate dust feature in the supernova remnant G54.1+0.3". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 479 (4): 5101–5123. arXiv:1707.08230. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1713. ISSN 0035-8711.

[4] [4]
Francis, Reddy. "NASA's Swift, Chandra Explore a Youthful 'Star Wreck'". NASA. Retrieved 2013-03-21.

[schaefer-5] [5]
Schaefer, B. E. (2004). Höflich, Peter; Kumar, Pawan; Wheeler, J. Craig (eds.). Cosmic explosions in three dimensions : asymmetries in supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. p. 383. ISBN 0-521-84286-7.. Supernovae types discussed in contributed article "Types for the galactic supernovae" by B.E. Schaefer, pp. 81–84.

[Wade2019-6] [6]
Wade, Richard Peter (2 January 2019). "Polynesian origins of the Māori in New Zealand and the supernova RX J0852.0-4622 / G 266.2-1.2 or Mahutonga". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 74 (1): 67–85. Bibcode:2019TRSSA..74...67W. doi:10.1080/0035919X.2018.1555680. hdl:2263/76028.

[7] [7]
Krause, O.; Birkmann, S.; Usuda, T.; Hattori, T.; Goto, M.; Rieke, G.; Misselt, K. (2008). "The Cassiopeia A supernova was of type IIb". Science. 320 (5880): 1195–1197. arXiv:0805.4557. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1195K. doi:10.1126/science.1155788. PMID 18511684. S2CID 40884513.

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