1E 1048-59

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

AXP 1E 1048.1-5937 was the first anomalous X-ray pulsar ever observed to emit an SGR-like X-ray burst. [3] It is also the closest magnetar to Earth located 2,759 parsecs (9,000 light-years) away in the constellation Carina.

References

  1. ↑ Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi: 10.1086/132034 . Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 1 2 3 "1E 1048.1-5937". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. ↑ (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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