AXP 1E 1048-59

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

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 2 3 "1E 1048.1-5937". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  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.