Astronomy:AXP 1E 1048-59

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Short description: Star in the constellation Carina and closest magnetar to Earth


AXP 1E 1048.1-5937
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Carina
Right ascension  10h 50m 08.93s[1]
Declination −59° 53′ 19.9″[1]
Other designations
1RXS J105007.2-595329[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 1E 1048.1-5937 was the first AXP ever observed to emit an SGR-like X-ray burst.[2] It is also the closest magnetar to Earth located 2,759 parsecs (9,000 light-years) away in the constellation Carina.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "1E 1048.1-5937". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=1E+1048.1-5937. 
  2. ↑ (in English) F. D. Seward & P. A. Charles, A Six-Second Periodic X-ray Source in Carina, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 16, 983 (1984) Voir en ligne.



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